Having tea and a happy hotdog are two things you should consider this Valentines day. Our anthropomorphic collection grows.
The Bravo Market, where I found this bag, is popular with the local Latin community in our area. It is encouraging to find a range of products that the mainstream stores do not carry.
The banner translates from Dutch to “The Tastemakers of The Netherlands” On the lemon is the phrase “Vox Populi” which translates into, the opinions or beliefs of the majority. This was sent to us from Holland by my cousin Carolien. The original is printed on newsprint. What makes this special are the faces, which are superimposed photographic images.
This is a reproduction postcard that I found at the Maleprop’s bookstore in Asheville, North Carolina.
These images came from a case of sweet potatoes the produce manager was unpacking at our local Publix. I stole the box. Notice the basket is a rocker for the sweet babies.
Boiled peanuts are sometimes called “country caviar”, and I love them. Unfortunately this roadside stand at the end of Maggie Valley in North Carolina was out of business, but the sign remained behind. Catch it now if you are in the area as it is showing signs of disintegration.
You will find these coffee beans in front of the coffee shop “Legal Grounds” in Marion, North Carolina. The coffee shop is situated next to the court house, a very clever name. The bean sculpture features two beans actively working a sack of fresh beans. It is well sculpted perhaps commercially available. Probably not one of a kind.
Unlike Noah’s original ark, this ark becomes a floating salad bowl. But, with feet and eyes would a vegetarian be able to make a meal from this ark? A fabulous zoo of anthropomorphia for sure. Thank you cousin Paul in the Netherlands for this wonderful find.
Our neighbors have a garage sale on a regular basis. It is always fun to go looking because "Jo" combs sales throughout the year and collects the best finds for her own garage sale. Here are a couple of chalk ware fruits for the anthropomorphic food and kitchen gallery. The gum parker and poodle plate were not to be missed
We like to wish all food enthusiasts a very happy new year and may your plate be filled with flavor. This painting came to my from my cousin Paul and his wife Else who live in Amsterdam. We thank them for adding a great year end image for our anthropomorphic gallery.
The grape king is one of my favorites. I suspect the artist is familiar with the great Italian fruit portrait painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo.
This is one of Arcimboldo's more famous works "Vertumnus" 1590-1591, to see more of these works visit Olga's Gallery.
The years strangest find came from an antique mall. Probably circa 1950's it is a potato chip server illustratated with an anthropomorphic potato head wearing a ruffled potato chip skirt. The sticker on the back of the bowl indicates it was made in Japan.
Our friends Karma and Rob picked this up at the Superdawg consession at the Airport in Chicago. They paid one buck for the empty carton. Apparently a lot of empty boxes are sold as souveniers. 
The Little Big Book of Comfort Food includes 200 recipes of home style cooking. It is a lovely book to own even if you don't cook as it contains an abundance of vintage images gleaned from turn of the century illustrations. Many of them from children's books. The following five images are from this book.
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