Edible Giant Toasted Leafcutter Ants
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For the foodie looking to wrap their tonsils around the next big thing, comes this offering from our friends over at Think Geek: ‘the world’s largest ant, a delicacy from the Colombian Amazon’.
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De Juepuchas: The soundtrack of your life
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De Juepuchas is a Colombian duo created by Diego Maldonado and Andres Silva to explore, with a creative approach, the soundtrack of a generation raised in Colombia in the 80s and 90s.
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Paola Gaviria
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Illustrator Paola Gaviria works out of Cali, Colombia, doing Action Drawing at Lugar a dudas, having spent last year in Amazonia, where she set up a club through which her neighbors could learn more about the arts, themselves and their environment. Another project she is involved is a blog where a group of female artists [...]
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Giant Toasted Ants
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From the same folks that provide your monkey-picked tea, come Giant Toasted Ants. Yup, that’s right: ants from the Colombian Amazon, toasted to taste like bacon (so they say) and sealed up in a reusable pouch for your snacking pleasure.
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Leo Cocina y Cava, Bogotá
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Down an unassuming street in the La Macarena neighborhood of Bogotá, Colombia humbly sits one of the city’s sexiest dining spots: Leo Cocina y Cava. It is here that Chef Leonor Espinoza saturates Colombian comfort food — mainly from the coast — with intense doses of creativity to produce fresh, contemporary dishes with a clean presentation and knock-out appeal.
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Daniel Santiago Salguero
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Young Colombian artist and photographer Daniel Santiago Salguero creates images from simple digital photographs to personal diaries which drive a world of imagination, colors and unique perspectives.
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Paintball Pop Art of Marylin Monroe by Bon Yurt
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The fact that this paintball portrait of Marylin Monroe done by Colombian collective Bon Yurt was a group effort makes it all the more impressive, with each shooter sticking precisely to his assigned color field without being distracted by his fellow gunmen. I wonder if this would work with real bullets.
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Toronto International Film Festival
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I’m off to Toronto this weekend to check out a few of the films that are screening as part of the Toronto International Film Festival [TIFF] — a charitable, not-for-profit cultural organization. All up, there will be 335 films from 64 countries screening over ten days, so I’ll be scrambling to fit a few in, [...]
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Thomas Haas
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Thomas Haas seems to be equally known for his handmade chocolates, truffles, and pastries, as he is for the packages that wrap-up these mouth-watering sweets. German-born, Vancouver-based Haas produces gorgeous — and addictive — chocolates, cakes, and cookies using high-quality ingredients sourced from around the world.
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Z is for Zumbo
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Australian pastry guru Adriano Zumbo recently launched his latest collection of quirky seasonal desserts, fresh from a stint in the kitchen of French patisserie genius, Pierre Hermé. Fittingly titled 40 Days and 40 Nights in Paris, Zumbo’s winter compilation is a passionate exploration of endless flavors and colors, innovative and daringly matched.
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Alberto Rojas Newton
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Alberto Rojas Newton creates complex photographs using loads of texture and varied colour. He grew up in Colombia, has lived in Paris, and now is based in London, where he is quickly positioning himself as one of photography’s real emerging talents.
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Coffee artwork
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Remember the days when coffee was coffee, and the only extra you’d get with a serving of Colombia’s finest was a splash of milk and a few teaspoons of fake sugar? Well, my friends, those days are long gone. Now every barista worth their weight in beans is able to craft intricate artworks out of magical brown dust. Heck, many of them are worthy of a place on the haloed walls of the Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Zizek
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There’s a new rhythm rumbling around the world called Zizek and it’s calling a very eclectic crowd to its tribe. From cowboy wearing Texans to Colombian beauties, it’s representing an international language, where the deep pumping sounds remind us that there is fire within us all. It’s raw and alive.
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Federico Ruiz
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Federico Ruiz, aka Astronauta Perdido (The Lost Astronaut), is a passionate photographer from the vibrant city of Medellín, Colombia. Faces, signs, parties, and movements are condensed into powerful photographs which have been featured in local newspapers and magazines such as JPG. His work is a demonstration of this adventurous spirit. Last year Federico’s photos were [...]
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