Chef's Knives
Chef's Knives

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Chef's Knives

Knives are the cherished tools for chefs that are vital in their career to making delicious food for others. In a way, it is a good steppingstone to good cooking, and an invaluable long-term investment for any home cook or chef.

Different Noodles, Same Enjoyment
Different Noodles, Same Enjoyment

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Different Noodles, Same Enjoyment

Playing around with panelling and sequences of time, this piece shows how strangers share the same experience and enjoyment with instant noodles.

Food Debates
Food Debates

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Food Debates

People tend to heavily disagree on certain food combinations such as pineapple on pizza, to the point where it causes arguments and debates, but people can bond over what they don’t like, as bonds can be created by a negative perception of food.

Hot Pot Romance
Hot Pot Romance

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Hot Pot Romance

An image of a romantic meal that differs from the typical idea of a standard candlelit dinner in a fancy restaurant with music playing in the background.

Last Meal
Last Meal

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Last Meal

The last meal a person would experience and their final connection to humanity. This illustration is based on the last supper, as the food depicted in this piece are infamous death row last meals.

Meal to the Past
Meal to the Past

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Meal to the Past

Having kinship with family who have passed on through offerings given by living family members out of family loyalty.

Parents Love
Parents Love

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Parents Love

The lunches that parents make for their children are always full of love and effort, no matter the contents of the meal.

Sharing is Caring
Sharing is Caring

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Sharing is Caring

A platonic, innocent bond between two friends sharing everything between themselves, such as childhood snacks that are meant to be shared like twin ice pops.

Timeline Dough
Timeline Dough

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Timeline Dough

Passing on traditions and knowledge to the next generation through recipes is demonstrated through dumpling-making with family members of different ages.

Work by

Betty Shao

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“"Gut Feelings" is a series of food illustrations that display food as a catalyst for creating bonds within different types of interpersonal relationships between people. ”