Tag: Food Font

Tosa Market – New Food Alphabet in the Works

Tosa Market – New Food Alphabet in the Works

Last weekend Food Font was at the Tosa Farmers Market outside of Milwaukee, WI.  People were really excited about the project, and we made two (which is a record for the number of alphabets made at one event) alphabets, both an uppercase and lowercase alphabet.

The vegetables we used were from:
Jay’s Plant Shop – Eggplant
Petzold Farms – Carrots, Pattypan Squash
Wellspring – Purslane, Italian Dandelion, Egglplant

I met a lot of interesting people, and enjoyed the soup, cheese, and gluten free muffin samples that were available at the market this day.

Below are some image slideshows from the event. (Note: These images are not edited yet.)

Images of Tosa Market Alphabet


Images from the Event – People Making Letters

 

Links:
http://www.tosafarmersmarket.com/

http://www.foodfont.com 

Food Font – Coming to Tosa Market  Milwaukee, WI

Food Font – Coming to Tosa Market Milwaukee, WI

This weekend Food Font will be at the Tosa Farmers market from 8am-12 noon in Wauwatosa, which is on the west side of  Milwaukee, WI.  We will be making a food alphabet out of local food.

The market is located at: 7720 Harwood Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53213.  One interesting fact:  The name Wauwatosa is the  after the Potawatomi word for firefly.

Stop by and make a letter if you are in the area!

Links:

www.tosafarmersmarket.com/

New Local Food Truck Food Alphabet is in the Works!

New Local Food Truck Food Alphabet is in the Works!

In order to show that the Food Font project can be made out of any food, I have begun an endeavor to make an alphabet out of food from local food trucks.

In the last couple of years, the number of food trucks in Cleveland has grown to 18 food trucks that are licensed by city of Cleveland.  There also are about 7 or 8 that are licensed from other jurisdictions.  Food trucks are known as being mini-restaurants, and often have foods that experiment with flavor, develop a local following, and have food that is easy to eat while standing up or on the street.

I have plans to to make a letter or two from each local food truck’s food.  As anyone can do – I get some food, arrange it on a plate into the form of a letter, and photograph it.  This week I made the letter “T” out of the sesame noodles from Umami Moto, a “L” out of Donut Lab’s cinnamon and sugar donuts, a “Q” out of Fired up Taco veggie tacos, and made three more from other trucks.

To get the Cleveland Food Truck Alphabet started, I stopped by the Walnut Wednesday event in downtown Cleveland, where a number of food trucks park on Walnut Street.  While there I  made 6 letters out of food.

Ultimately Food Font is meant to support discussion about food.  I am a big fan of food trucks which are a great example of local culture, experimenting with food, and community – so I thought it would make a good alphabet.

Here is what was made – and from who:

T Umami Moto – Sesame Noodles

X Umami Moto – carrots, radishes, cilantro, jalepenos

E Dim and Den Sum – Soba Noodles

V Jibaro – Rice Bowl (GF)

L Donut Lab – cinnamon and sugar donuts

Q Fired up Taco – 2 veggie tacos

 

Want to make an alphabet, or contribute to the Food truck alphabet?  Send a message on this site or foodfont.com!

Food Font at Shaker Square North Union Farmers Market

Food Font at Shaker Square North Union Farmers Market

The Food Font event at the Shaker Square North Union Farmers Market went well on Saturday.
Lots of people stopped by and we made a food alphabet out of tomatoes.

The tomatoes were from:
Rainbow Farms
Middle Ridge Garden
Wooli Farms
Hamper Homestead Farms
Ridge Bridge Farm

I met a lot of interesting people including quite a few teachers who took the Food Font  resource packet so they could do the Food Font activity in their classroom this Fall.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by!

All the pictures are on the Food Font Flickr site and also can be seen in the slideshows below.

Here are some pictures from the event:


Pictures of People

Pictures of the Tomato alphabet (note: these are not edited yet)

Food Font – at the Shaker Square North Union Farmers Market Sat. August 18th

Food Font – at the Shaker Square North Union Farmers Market Sat. August 18th

Food Font will be at the Shaker Square Farmers Market this Saturday from 8am – 12 noon.

You can read more on the Facebook event page.

I am hoping that tomatoes are out this week – so we can make a tomato alphabet.  Otherwise, we will work with some other seasonal produce to make letters.

If you are in the area – come stop by and make a letter and say “hi!”  (Or better yet – you can make a “H” and a “I” out of food!)