Die Kommunistische Antipasta und Unendliche Würze
Die Bibliothek der Berkeley Uni veranstaltet jedes Jahr ein Festival der essbaren Bücher. In den vergangenen zwei Jahren gab es lecker „The Last UniCorn Dog“ (frittierte Wurst am Stiel mit Regenbogen-Gummibärchen auf Schaumzucker) oder „Einer flog über’s Kuskus-Nest“. In diesem Jahr gibt’s „Die kommunistische Antipasta“ (Marx auf Käse gerahmt von Salami) und „Infinite Zest“ („Unendliche Würze“) mit Orangenschalen zwischen zwei Spiegeln. David Foster Wallace would approve.
Berkeley Library: Literary classics meet fruit, fondant for Edible Book Festival in Moffitt Library (via MeFi)
One crowd pleaser was Infinite Zest, a play on the lengthy David Foster Wallace classic. Arranged meticulously on a small mirrored platform were ribbons of lime peels, sprinkles of lemon zest, and quarters of pulpy pink grapefruit. Standing at front and back of the display were two mirrors, reflecting the citrus into infinity.
The piece, by Amy Dinh and Kyle Shimek, won an Edible Mention award.
“I knew it wouldn’t be the most complex but that it could be minimalistically beautiful,” said Dinh, a manager at the campus’s Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation. A voracious reader and lover of “creative playfulness,” Dinh visited the festival last year and “was so tickled by the entries” that she knew she had to participate this time around.
“It’s so simple, and it’s so perfect,” said Jean Retzinger, a professor of media studies, of the piece. “It’s just brilliant.
“It takes the idea of infinity and works it out in a way that is completely comprehensible,” she added. “It’s just the simplest turn from jest to zest. I love it.”
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