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I Deconstructed These Food Recipes To Bring Awareness To What You Eat (23 Pics)
I wanted to inspire people to think about what they eat. Food is not only a bite we put into our mouth. It is a combination of processes which all affect what is finally consumed by eating. By deconstructing recipes into individual steps I wish to create an easy to approach and positive way of inspiring people to cook from scratch and explore how food is constructed.
The project started from a series of individual pieces in 2009. The very first photo was the Cinnamon Rolls recipe. The series slowly evolved into a book published in Finland by WSOY (2012) and in Taiwan by I’m Publishing (2016). The book is not a normal cookbook but something that ties the world of art and cooking together.
All 62 images are produced by myself. It means first I had to learn how to cook the dishes, then do the groceries, prepare and style the food, take the picture, post-process, write and finally clean up. I made my own rules and it was very important that all the food was consumed. I despise the throw away culture that is common in the food photography scene. I also wanted to shoot all the steps with a single shot and not compose the final image of separate images. So steps that are represented in the photographs were made into the final dish instead of throwing everything away. This food was shared with neighbours and friends.
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Guacamole
can't not think of austin powers when I hear guacamole... moley... mole...
i live in Eastern Europe, 1 pcs. of large avocado cost about 1,5 euro, max (usually 1,2€). A pack of smaller ones (abt. 6 in a bag) 2,5€. Pretty reasonable for healthy food
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I DIDN'T "deconstruct" my meals because unlike THIS TWIT, I want to EAT my meal!!!
Seeing you say something is wrong because you do not agree with it makes me sad. You seeing that chile in the guacamole does not conform to your personal taste, that does not make it wrong!
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Banana Cake
I add walnuts instead of raisins to mine...the slightly crunchy texture is soooo nice...
Pine Syrup
Creme Brûlée
Biff À La Lindström
Porchini Soup
Grav Whitefish
Radish Pasta
interesting. I've never heard of radish pasta. Some of these foods pictured are things I've never seen which is cool. That's part of why I love to be on a site where people from all over the world are contributing content and comments. I get to learn about all kinds of random things and I get to "meet" and talk about all kinds of things. I'm kind of addicted to this site right now.
Mixed Salad With Lemon
Finnish Sima
Fish Broth
I absolutely don’t get it. Is it for people who don’t cook? It looks just the same like any recipe BEFORE you make it. “Deconstructed” …just why…
It would help if the different things were labelled. It's not easy to tell a bowl of fine sugar from a bowl of flour when photographed this way - and there's no way of knowing if it's plain flour or self-raising. And if you don't recognize the green leafy ingedient, then you're lost.
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No, a cookbook is of no use without instructions and amounts.
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This reminds me of the IKEA promotion from a couple of years ago. They designed a recipe for a piece of parchment paper. It was marked with dots that you were meant to cover with the ingredient on them - so there was a dot for chopped garlic, salt, pepper, etc. It was incredibly popular.
Hi Aunt Messy! I know that project. It was published just after I had my first exhibition in 2010. Nordic minds must think alike :)
Load More Replies... Ha! I have actually deconstructed a sausage as well :) https://bit.ly/2GktRAE
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I really liked these pictures, they're extremely pretty and well-arranged. As a Finn I'm very familiar with most of these Finnish, Scandinavian and Russian dishes but to see some of these old and traditional recipes in a site like this makes them feel somehow exotic anyway.
If you liked these beautiful pics, you might like the website They Draw and Cook.
Would like to see processed food decomposed, these are mostly real food.
https://www.mydreamsmyjourney.nl/2021/10/kuey-teow-nam-souprice-noodle-soup.html Kuey-Teow-...d6a3bc.jpg 
I really enjoyed this presentation and the glimpse into the cooking process. Lovely pictures too.
What an original and useful article! Another article on this topic is available at http://weedit.photos/2017/how-to-edit-food-photos/ I hope this will help you!
I absolutely don’t get it. Is it for people who don’t cook? It looks just the same like any recipe BEFORE you make it. “Deconstructed” …just why…
It would help if the different things were labelled. It's not easy to tell a bowl of fine sugar from a bowl of flour when photographed this way - and there's no way of knowing if it's plain flour or self-raising. And if you don't recognize the green leafy ingedient, then you're lost.
Load More Replies... No, a cookbook is of no use without instructions and amounts.
Load More Replies... This reminds me of the IKEA promotion from a couple of years ago. They designed a recipe for a piece of parchment paper. It was marked with dots that you were meant to cover with the ingredient on them - so there was a dot for chopped garlic, salt, pepper, etc. It was incredibly popular.
Hi Aunt Messy! I know that project. It was published just after I had my first exhibition in 2010. Nordic minds must think alike :)
Load More Replies... Ha! I have actually deconstructed a sausage as well :) https://bit.ly/2GktRAE
Load More Replies... I really liked these pictures, they're extremely pretty and well-arranged. As a Finn I'm very familiar with most of these Finnish, Scandinavian and Russian dishes but to see some of these old and traditional recipes in a site like this makes them feel somehow exotic anyway.
If you liked these beautiful pics, you might like the website They Draw and Cook.
Would like to see processed food decomposed, these are mostly real food.
https://www.mydreamsmyjourney.nl/2021/10/kuey-teow-nam-souprice-noodle-soup.html Kuey-Teow-...d6a3bc.jpg
I really enjoyed this presentation and the glimpse into the cooking process. Lovely pictures too.
What an original and useful article! Another article on this topic is available at http://weedit.photos/2017/how-to-edit-food-photos/ I hope this will help you!
