The Incredible Italian Art of ... Watermelon Carving?

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Guests aboard some of Italy's finest Mediterranean cruise ships are coming home with amazing photos, not not of the Parthenon, the Pyramids or Pompeii -- but of the popular art of carving watermelons into delicious works of art!
Incredible!

 

Some of the creations are breathtaking -- wonderful artworks crafted from ... watermelons? Yes, they're all the rage on board cruise ships in the Mediterranean. Tourists are coming home with photos of amazing creations that are quite edible. Nobody knows where it started. After all, watermelons aren't exactly an Italian staple.

Surprisingly, credit is given to a Japanese chef known as Takashi who a few years ago began carving watermelons into beautiful pieces of art. He told an interviewer that he learned watermelon carving while on vacation in Thailand.


 
Avatar of Puss_N_Boots

sheer genius...showinga very three-demensional layered look..

i don't know how they do this..!....thanks for sharing this, Eve.!

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You are welcome Martha so artistic. They should start classes teaching people how to do it.Smile

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Thank you, Miss Taylor, for the Watermelon art.  I think the artist finally found the real purpose for those mediocre tasting seedless melons.  Now they are food for the eye.

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Lol yes.

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They are very striking!  My Italian-American family has always enjoyed watermelon.