BEAUTIFUL MEALS IN MOTION NOW

Food to-go is food in motion. It takes on new meaning as we look at some beautiful interpretations happening right now. We found two photographers who capture food in motion in brilliant images that will make your eyes pop and your mouth water.

And we found some gorgeous baskets and vessels you can buy right now to make your picnics, tailgates, and other meals in motion even more beautiful. Check them out below.

ANTHONY FLORIO

Belgian culinary photographer Anthony Florio creates explosively beautiful works of art, based on his love for food.

Florio was a kitchen enthusiast before he decided to launch a business photographing food.

Florio has collaborated with leaders in the culinary industry, like Jean-Philippe Watteyne of iCook restaurant and Clément Petitjean of La Grappe d’Or.

Florio explains his philosophy, “I experiment, I recreate, I do... I explore the food universe. Humans, food, places, textures, details and even more.”

The food he photographs jumps off the page, allowing us to explore their textures and colors. You can almost smell the basil, the fish, and the broth, for example, understanding how the flavors move together as a chef cooks and a connoisseur tastes.

“Recipes,” a series created by Berlin-based art director and designer Nora Luther and photographer Pavel V. Becker, captures the energy and motion of cooking, showing how a dish comes together.

Each photograph includes a recipe’s raw ingredients, presented in the correct proportions, hovering weightlessly above the vessel that will soon hold the completed, cooked dish. The captured moments act that seem like infographics, as quantifications are turned into art.

Bright red rings of hot chili peppers zing through the air, chased by mint, garlic, and lemon. You just know they’re going to dance in your mouth!

Translucent prosciutto and eggplant ribbons float through the air, descending to combine with herbs and spices.

Fish filets drift nakedly, soon to be cloaked in lemon and herb sauce.

Luther and Pavel merge their visions at their studio in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

“The photographs tease the pleasant anticipation of fresh food and its preparation,” Luther describes, adding “while the look of the ready cooked dish is left to your own imagination and creativity.”

BEAUTIFUL TO GO

LEATHER PICNIC HAMPER

This sophisticated leather picnic hamper for 6 comes fully loaded with a metal lining and removable wicker tray, plus plated enamel plates and cups, drinks beakers, plated cutlery, wicker covered glass flasks, and a copper kettle or teapot. Circa 1925.

Available at 1stDibs.

19TH CENTURY ELM PICNIC BASKET

This late 19th century painted elm basket exudes vintage Chinese elegance. It’s graceful double looped bamboo handles make it easy to carry. Perfect for a dim sum picnic!

Available at 1stDibs.

AUTOMOBILE ‘RUNNING-BOARD’ PICNIC TRUNK

This rare early 20th century French automobile running-board picnic trunk is perfectly suited for a picnic on the road. The exterior is in black canvas, with steel latches, the interior of the lid with leather stays holding various picnic accoutrements, including six metal plates, six knives, forks and spoons and two servers, and a salt and pepper pot, the base of the trunk holding 2 large cork-stoppered Thermos flasks (in tact), and two metal picnic boxes, with six enamel cups, (possibly not original to the set) 3 lidded glass jars and a set of nickel-plated beakers.

Available at 1stDibs.

ORIGINAL ‘COCA COLA’ PICNIC COOLER

Move your meal to a retro beat with this original Coca-Cola cooler. It will add an all-American feel to your next picnic. Circa 1945.

Available at 1stDibs.

HANDWOVEN PICNIC TOTE

These wonderful handwoven lacquered seagrass totes are perfect for your next picnic on the beach, in particular.

Available at Food52.

Read more about Beautiful Motion, as it relates to  Arts/Design, Nature/Science, Food/Drink, Place/Time, Mind/Body, and Soul/Impact including The Art of Motion Now and Farm Movements are Changing the World Now.

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IMAGE CREDITS:

1. Image: by Anthony Florio.
2. Image: by Anthony Florio.
3. Image: by Anthony Florio.
4. Image: by Pavel V. Becker and Nora Luther. Recipes.
5. Image: by Pavel V. Becker and Nora Luther. Recipes.
6. Image: by Pavel V. Becker and Nora Luther. Recipes.
7. Image: by Pavel V. Becker and Nora Luther. Recipes.
8. Image: by Pavel V. Becker and Nora Luther. Recipes.
9. Image: by Pavel V. Becker and Nora Luther. Recipes.
10. Image: Courtesy of  1stDibs. Leather Picnic Hamper for Six.
11. Image: Courtesy of 1stDibs. A 19th Century Elm Picnic Basket.
12. Image: Courtesy of 1stDibs. Automobile 'Running-Board' picnic trunk.
13. Image: Courtesy of 1stDibs. Original 'Coca Cola' picnic cooler.
14. Image: by James Ransom for Food52. Handwoven Picnic Tote.
15. Image: by Tim Howard. Courtesy of Madeline Picnic. Picnics-To-Go.
16. Image: by Pavel V. Becker and Nora Luther. Recipes.
17. Image: Courtesy of BeautifulNow. BN App.
18. Image: by Visit St. Pete/Clearwater. Family dinner picnic.