史努比

HelloKitty

美人鱼

龙猫

Lady Gaga

米菲

　　A Malaysian mother has become an Instagram star thanks to the creatively-styled plates of food she prepares for her two young daughters。一位马来西亚妈妈最近变成了图片分享网站Instagram的红人，这都是她为两个小女儿准备各种创意美食的功劳。

　　Top dog: Food artist Samantha Lee's depiction of Snoopy toasting marshmallows over a roaring fire on a starry night. The fire is made from strawberries, while snoopy himself is a slice of toast。优胜史努比：美食艺术家萨曼莎·李的这件作品描述的是一个布满星星的晚上，史努比在火堆上烤棉花糖。篝火是用草莓做的，而史努比则是一片土司面包。

　　'I love to make something practical. Something for everyone to be able to follow,' she says. But it's not all for show - taste is as important as appearance, and Mrs Lee uses plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables bursting with flavour。她说：“我喜欢做实际的东西，所有人都能学会的东西。”但是光好看可不行，味道和外表一样重要。所以李夫人用大量新鲜水果和蔬菜增添口味。

　　The Hello Kitty plate, for example, has balloons made from sugar-dusted fruit and a pathway made from nuts and seeds。比如说Hello Kitty的餐盘里，气球是用撒白糖的水果制成，脚下的小路则是用各种坚果拼出来的。

　　The Nutella Ninja wields a sword made from apple, while the Little Mermaid's fishy sidekick is simply a Mini Babybel with a blueberry eye and strawberry fins。用巧克力酱做出来的水果忍者挥舞着一把苹果剑，小美人鱼身边的伙伴是用芭比贝尔奶酪做的，它长着蓝莓眼睛和草莓鱼鳍。

　　'I learned that food art for kids shouldn't just look decorative and fancy. It should also taste as good as it looks,' Mrs Lee told Today。李女士告诉Today网站：“我知道给孩子做的食物不仅要看起来精致漂亮，还要吃起来美味可口。”

　　Fishy business: The Little Mermaid's orange hair appears to be risotto, while her eyes are blueberries。人鱼小姐：小美人鱼的橘黄色头发是意大利调味饭做的，眼睛则是小蓝莓。

　　Hello Kitty grasps a bunch of fruit balloons, floating in a cream cloud sky.Hello Kitty 抓着一大把水果气球飞上了天，天上还有奶油做的云彩。

　　The mother-of-two, who has appeared on several Malaysian television shows recreating her designs, typically does familiar cartoon characters such as Hello Kitty and Miffy。这位有两个孩子的妈妈已经在好几个马来西亚电视台上做过节目，展示如何做创意美食。通常都是Hello Kitty和米菲一类孩子熟知的卡通形象。

　　Mysterious creatures: The whiskers for Japanese cartoon My Neighbor Totoro were made of toasted spaghetti。神秘生物：日本动漫龙猫的胡须是用烤意大利面做的。

　　But she has also proved herself adept at popular culture, having turned her hand to Lady Gaga, The Addams Family and Nikki Minaj。但这位母亲还向我们证明她对流行文化也很在行，从Lady Gaga、亚当斯一家和尼基·米娜为主题的创意美食上便可得知。

　　Born this way: Lady Gaga is served with a side of asparagus and red peppers。)生来如此：Lady Gaga 旁边的是芦笋和红辣椒。

　　A current theme she has been working on is her 'Go around the world' series, which sees her take inspiration from global landmarks。最近她的美食主题是“环游世界”系列，准备把全世界著名地标景点全都做一遍。

　　So far she has featured Amsterdam, San Francisco, Paris's Eiffel Tower and even Barcelona's Sagrada Familia on an iced cookie。目前她已完成了阿姆斯特丹、旧金山、巴黎埃菲尔铁塔的作品，甚至还在冰镇点心上完成了巴塞罗那的圣家堂美食。

　　Salad days: Mifffy creation sees her wear a greenkale dress and carry cherry tomato balloons。沙拉日：米菲穿着一件绿色蔬菜叶裙子，还拿着圣女果气球。

（沪江英语）