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UC Berkeley Library holds punny edible book festival. This is the third year Moffitt library has held the contest for faculty, staff, and students to make food that evokes a classic or favorite book.
The festival, now in its third year on campus, challenges participants to answer the question: How do you translate a beloved text into an edible delight?
Taking over the center of Moffitt’s fourth floor were 16 possibilities, including The Tails of Two Kitties, a chocolate-frosted masterpiece; Tart of Darkness, a heart of greens atop a savory spread; and The Communist Antipasto, a salami-bound tome filled with pages of cheese.
I might have done a Festive Fahrenheit 451 Tray. Tortilla chips and a salsa made with the most insanely hot peppers I could find...
posted by jim in austin at 3:12 PM on March 31, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by jim in austin at 3:12 PM on March 31, 2019 [1 favorite]
This is so delightful I had to look into it further - this Berkeley page has pictures of all the 2019 entries.
posted by cynical pinnacle at 3:15 PM on March 31, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by cynical pinnacle at 3:15 PM on March 31, 2019 [2 favorites]
Agh! After Dr Bored for Science and I graduated!
We would have had so much fun with this. We had lots of fun with pumpkin carving during our time at Berkeley.
posted by Making You Bored For Science at 4:06 PM on March 31, 2019
We would have had so much fun with this. We had lots of fun with pumpkin carving during our time at Berkeley.
posted by Making You Bored For Science at 4:06 PM on March 31, 2019
What? No Huckleberry Sharkfin?
No M*A*S*H Potatoes?
No Where The Wild Rice Is (Are)? Or Where the Sidedishes End?
No Catcher in the Rye Bread?
No DaVinci Cod?
No Anne of Green Beans?
No To Kill a Mock Apple Pie?
No Kane Sugar and A Bell Pepper?
No Harry Potpie?!?
posted by oneswellfoop at 4:09 PM on March 31, 2019 [6 favorites]
No M*A*S*H Potatoes?
No Where The Wild Rice Is (Are)? Or Where the Sidedishes End?
No Catcher in the Rye Bread?
No DaVinci Cod?
No Anne of Green Beans?
No To Kill a Mock Apple Pie?
No Kane Sugar and A Bell Pepper?
No Harry Potpie?!?
posted by oneswellfoop at 4:09 PM on March 31, 2019 [6 favorites]
Why do I get the feeling you have been waiting for this, oneswellfoop?
posted by Literaryhero at 4:37 PM on March 31, 2019 [5 favorites]
posted by Literaryhero at 4:37 PM on March 31, 2019 [5 favorites]
I rather liked "Soup or fudge?" Thanks for the laugh.
posted by eirias at 8:27 PM on March 31, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by eirias at 8:27 PM on March 31, 2019 [1 favorite]
Austin has an annual one as well but I'm having trouble finding pics of it
posted by tofu_crouton at 5:38 AM on April 1, 2019 [1 favorite]
posted by tofu_crouton at 5:38 AM on April 1, 2019 [1 favorite]
The Golden Bao! Nice.
posted by doctornemo at 11:10 AM on April 1, 2019
posted by doctornemo at 11:10 AM on April 1, 2019
I wanted to see "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Scone"
posted by Burn_IT at 3:48 PM on April 1, 2019 [2 favorites]
posted by Burn_IT at 3:48 PM on April 1, 2019 [2 favorites]
We had one of these locally this weekend and the kids and I baked "Harry Potter and the Deathly Challah". Oh, and my daughter made "Make Way for Dumplings".
posted by Lazlo Hollyfeld at 6:16 AM on April 2, 2019 [3 favorites]
posted by Lazlo Hollyfeld at 6:16 AM on April 2, 2019 [3 favorites]
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Sort of like this joke I guess.
posted by mhoye at 3:08 PM on March 31, 2019 [1 favorite]