Have Fun with Your Food!
Food is about culture, nourishment, politics, science, nutrition, craft, art, society, geography, science, economics, health, emotion…there are so many aspects to food, sometimes we forget that food can simply be fun. Here are ways to play with your food.
Set the Japanese Table
My cousin Lori who lives in Hawaii e-mails me fun food links from time to time. Here’s a quick game with silly music and very cute graphics that will make you smile. The game is called Put the Dishes on the Table. Memorize the location of each dish, click on the “memorized” button next to the time clock (the long oval button to the right containing Japanese characters) and put the dishes back in their places.
The Iron Chef — in LEGO Land
Whose cuisine reigns supreme? For a wacky spoof on TV’s cult Japanese hit, Iron Chef, check out this six-minute video that captures the music, sounds and flavor of the original — all with LEGOS — called LEGO Chef. With LEGO people outfitted in toques and smocks and LEGO judges including the classic characters (the giggly starlet and the fortune teller), it’s a hoot. The actor on the judging panel is “Sean Connery.” This is the brainchild of Steve Iervolino and is distributed by IFILM. Be patient — you have to view the commercial before you can get to the production.
BBC Neighbours, Harold’s Food Frenzy
Help Harold to feed his neighbors. In Food Frenzy, a conveyer belt runs along the bottom of the game; neighbors come in and order food. You click on the item from the conveyer belt, use the crosshairs to aim at the customer’s mouth, then click again to fling the food. The orders start slowly, then pick up speed. Too funny, even if you’re not among the 120 million who watch this Australian weekday soap opera.
Concentration
To sharpen your memory, try the Concentration Game at Funny Tummy. Click a box to reveal a food picture, then click another box to find its match. After each game, the pictures are scrambled, so you can play this over and over again.
INSIGHT: With food, as with most things, sometimes it’s best to skip the analysis and just enjoy!
April 10th, 2006 12:31
What a riot! And I thought my memory was decent…I tried the set the Japanese table and failed miserably. Thanks for the mid-day break!