I'm no food stylist but...
...I think I could probably do better than this:
Look closer. What has the stylist given these poor people to eat for dinner in their decked-out new dining room?
Mmmm, nothing like a plain scoop of rice on a plate for dinner, accompanied by some water in a wine glass. This is of course the typical diet of many in the developing world; they eat this every day in order to stay alive, if they are lucky enough to even have access to rice and potable water. But generally people that can afford to kit out their homes in retro-modern Clockwork Orange plastic furniture have the ability to vary their diet a bit more, add a sauce and some protein, maybe even a nice carrot or two. Maybe the editors intended that this photo offer a form of commentary on the juxtaposition of the haves and have-nots in the modern world?
Or perhaps it's not rice. Maybe it's two Hostess Sno Balls from the gas station down the road from the photo studio, carefully unwrapped and plated. Will the lucky couple eat them with knife and fork, like that candy bar fad in Seinfeld?
Maybe the inhabitants spent all their money on their new CB2 furniture and have to stick to a water and rice diet for a few months until the credit card has been paid off. Or possibly they're too hip to eat food that doesn't match the Orbit Chairs and Odyssey Dining Table. Or are they on a strange fad diet that requires them to eat only foods that are white?
We will never know. But it's fun to speculate, isn't it?
Look closer. What has the stylist given these poor people to eat for dinner in their decked-out new dining room?
Mmmm, nothing like a plain scoop of rice on a plate for dinner, accompanied by some water in a wine glass. This is of course the typical diet of many in the developing world; they eat this every day in order to stay alive, if they are lucky enough to even have access to rice and potable water. But generally people that can afford to kit out their homes in retro-modern Clockwork Orange plastic furniture have the ability to vary their diet a bit more, add a sauce and some protein, maybe even a nice carrot or two. Maybe the editors intended that this photo offer a form of commentary on the juxtaposition of the haves and have-nots in the modern world?
Or perhaps it's not rice. Maybe it's two Hostess Sno Balls from the gas station down the road from the photo studio, carefully unwrapped and plated. Will the lucky couple eat them with knife and fork, like that candy bar fad in Seinfeld?
Maybe the inhabitants spent all their money on their new CB2 furniture and have to stick to a water and rice diet for a few months until the credit card has been paid off. Or possibly they're too hip to eat food that doesn't match the Orbit Chairs and Odyssey Dining Table. Or are they on a strange fad diet that requires them to eat only foods that are white?
We will never know. But it's fun to speculate, isn't it?
posted by cindym at 11:34 AM
8 Comments:
Umm, I don't know. Looks kinda like milk to me. Organic, hormone-free milk from the fancy co-op down the street, the same place they bought their pesticide-free, hand-harvested fair-trade rice. Heck, I bet that meal cost more than a 10-piece bucket full meal deal from Popeye's. Do not be fooled, this (phantom) urban couple lives large...
ooh, you're right! it could be milk! it's hard to tell. but that would make sense if they are in fact eating sno balls for dinner. nothing washes those down like a cold, frosty glass of cow juice.
Ahhh- snow balls makes sense!
Nothing like a meal consisting of just one color.
Dude, I totally thought those were snowballs. Could even be a baked alaska covered in coconut.. or maybe there is some kind of mashed up tasty beef product under that rice.. Or maybe there is some KFC chicken hiding under there. Or a big old lump of foie gras.
You never know. Im just sayin'.
Is this some sort of anti-CB2 statement? You know you love it. You must buy some of it. Now.
Snowballs and milk: maybe it's all they could afford after remodeling their dining area.
Actually, CB2 is not all that expensive. Had you said Pottery Barn, well ---
Gross. The food was obviously styled to match the decor. The thought of eating plain rice and milk for dinner makes me want to run away from home.
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