Some culinary trend watchers say the current appetite for whimsical produce art may have started with Saxton Freymann's work in the 1997 book, "Play With Your Food." His brussels sprouts pigs, broccoli poodles and bok choy fish have been featured on greeting cards, calendars and in several subsequent books.
Saxton Freymann
Playing With Food
Food art, or carving works of art out of vegetables and fruit, is enjoying a comeback.