{"id":17268,"date":"2023-05-05T00:22:51","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T00:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=17268"},"modified":"2023-05-10T13:53:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T13:53:36","slug":"lizbeths-breakfast-buffet-featuring-the-on-the-go-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astoryisnotatree.net\/?p=17268","title":{"rendered":"Diary Forms: Lizbeth\u2019s Breakfast Buffet Featuring The ‘On the Go’ Special\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lizbeth\u2019s breakfast buffet is an installation that highlights my On the Go<\/em> experience with eating breakfast. Food I ate On the Go (left side): Tamales (Tiny tamales inside the tamale cart), Classic \u201cIt\u2019s our pleasure to serve you\u201d NYC cup, Chobani (Berry Flavored) Yogurt-Drink, Starbucks Everything Bagel, Milk and cereal flakes, and a plate of nothing. Toward the end of the food you have Pancake stacks, bacon, fried eggs, BLT sandwich (bacon lettuce and tomato) with eggs and all food items are placed over a handmade checkered table cloth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I chose to record my breakfast over the course of a few weeks since eating is a daily habit. My breakfast became the main focal point of the project because of my long commute to school. I have to leave my home 2 hours before my 10am class to be on time. As a result of my transportation circumstances, I am often very rushed and unable to make or buy breakfast. Recording my breakfast on my commuting days is interesting and funny just because of how random and rushed my breakfast can get on these days. Food is fundamental to me, but this commute is also a big part of my identity now as it decides what I can or cannot eat or how I can eat. As you go on to the end of the buffet, I wanted to contrast this rushed breakfast look and add food that is more \u201cpolished\u201d and plated pretty to represent the opposite of my rushed commuting days. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The buffet had a pretty big evolution. The initial idea was just a regular cooking book inspired by bullet journaling. However, I was pushed a step further into thinking about how I can present this idea of foods I eat in an installation instead of a physical diary book. With this thought in mind I landed on a buffet that illustrated my breakfast during my commuting days VS my non commuting days. I sketched out all the foods that I recorded from the days I was on the go and the days I had time to properly eat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plating was important because it gives away which foods are rushed and which foods are eaten with time. The rushed items were presented in the same way that I ate them <\/p>\n\n\n\n