Selfie With Your Sustenance
ITA Alumni World Eats
Photo Contest Winners - 2016
From the bizarre to the bountiful, ITA alumni share their amazing photos of local cuisine from around the globe.
Photos were judged in four categories:
Bizarre Bites, Selfies with Sustenance, Pretty Plates & Streetside Snacks.
Check out the winners & other great entries & thanks to all alumni who participated!
Bizarre Bites
WINNER! - $150
Bevan Brown
Quail Eggs in Octopus Head
"One of my friends from Taiwan came to visit me in Japan and when we went to Kyoto she wanted to visit Nishiki Market to enjoy the street food. Out of all the foods we tried, one of her favorites was a baby octopus on a stick with a boiled quail egg stuffed inside its head."
Japan
Adam Bethon
Hong Kong
Honorable Mention
A Hong Kong lunch on the fly
"After a hard day, we had pigeon which came
with the entire head!"
Emily Cornelius
Chania (Crete), Greece
Honorable Mention
Octopi hanging out to dry
"The first step after catching Octopus before you grill it? Hang it out to dry! A common scene along the coastal streets of Greece."
Madina Behori
Peru
Honorable Mention
Traditional Peruvian food
"Forty-five minutes outside of Lima, this
restaurant in Chaclaycayo,Peru serves typical
Peruvian dishes. As an anthropology major in
college, I had been wanting to try this dish for
years. When I finally did, I found that it had a sweet, gamey taste. Can you guess what it is? Well,
if you're getting flashbacks of a childhood pet,
that may just be because the fried mystery meat is
called cuy, otherwise known as guinea pig. "
Emily Cornelius
Spain
Honorable Mention
Nothing goes to waste on the BBQ in Spain.
"My first year teaching in Spain I worked in a
school in a rural and off the "tourist radar"
part of Spain.In the Spring friends would
get together for a Barbecue or a Paella. This
BBQ was particularly adventurous for me,
but casual for the rest of the crew! "
Kimmy Nguyen
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Honorable Mention
Pad Thai, Please!
"Top Chef for a day in Thailand! Here I am proudly showcasing my very own pad thai that I made at the Asia Scenic Cooking School in Chiang Mai Thailand. You can't leave Thailand without trying this famous stir-fry noodle dish! It truly captures the essence of Thai cuisine: salty, sweet, sour, spicy, and delicious!"
Marisa Mansueto
Cusco, Peru
Honorable Mention
So many fresh juice options!
"This first photo was taken in one of Cusco's thriving food markets, filled with natural juice stands. I could choose any fruits I wanted and the sweet woman making the juice created a delicious, refreshing drink for me! Mangos, oranges, pears, and ginger -- this was certainly a well-deserved treat after my trek to Machu Picchu!"
Pretty Plates
WINNER! - $150
Abigail Moore
"Celebrating the holidays family style"
Samantha Hedges
Malaysia
Honorable Mention
Room for Dessert?
"This is a common Malay dessert I ordered from a street food vendor on Jalan Alor (food street), ais batu campur (ABC). Each bite was full of new discoveries and sensations "
Bevan Brown
Japan
Honorable Mention
Japanese Sweets Made From Sweet Beans
"These sweets are called “wagashi” and they
are always so beautiful, usually made to look
like seasonal fruits and flowers. My student brought
these particular wagashi to class one day,
and I got to eat the one in front. While they look like cherries, my student insisted that they were supposed to be miniature apples."
WINNER! - $150
"Ho Chi Minh City is famous for it's street food! Here's a happy vendor that particularly caught my eye."
Emily Cornelius
Berlin, Germany
Honorable Mention
Christmas Bratwurst
" Maybe one of my favorite candid shots since teaching in Spain. Christmas markets, Bratwurst, and Beer in Berlin.
Is there a better combination? "
Alyssa Darah
Belgium
Honorable Mention
That's a waffle?!
"Eating a Belgian waffle in Belgium was everything
I dreamed of and so much more."
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