My Favorite Miniature Food Designers

Last year my dolls went on a miniature food binge. They mostly got sweets (ice cream, cookies, candy) and savory munchies of questionable nutritional value (hot dogs, hamburgers, fried chicken). However, after a bit of lecturing,  they also selected delectable vegetables and fruit, and even a full salad. I am a repeat customer at these three food shops:

Minnie Kitchen
Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/MinnieKitchen
Janet is a real pleasure to work with and is quite creative. Her specialty is 1/12 scale, but please don't hesitate to ask about scaling anything in her shop to the American Girl doll size of 1/3. She's particularly good with texture and painting (see the potatoes below). I've gotten scones, a cream puff and strawberry shortcake, cheese sets, vegetables, and fruit from her shop.

Pippaloo
Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop/pippaloo
Teresa's food are always perfectly scaled. Her works have a polished and clean rounded feel to them. If you you're wishing pieces from an official American Girl girl set such as Felicity's Party Treats, you should inquire about a custom replica, as she is an AG collector herself and is probably familiar with the originals.

The Tea Cottage
Ebay: http://myworld.ebay.com/golfkoby123/
This artist makes her food in batches of 5-10. I don't think she does custom orders, so if you see something in her shop that you like, you should buy it right away. What I like about her work is she bases her projects on recipes from the American Girl recipe books or from the stories. So I've gotten Samantha's breakfast, Josefina's Bizcochitos, and Julie's sloppy Joes from her shop. I also just like to check out her shop for adorable setups, some of them complete with miniature newspapers and floral arrangements!


Food Portrait Gallery:
You can also see more under the Food and Dishes tag.
The tomatoes, mushrooms, carrots, and cauliflower in the basket were created by Minnie Kitchen. The turnip and the lettuce are from Addy's gardening set. I picked up the grater at World Market, the knives from lovvbugg on Ebay, and the metal pot and pans I picked up at from a kid's kitchen set KB Toys.


The carrots, eggplant, sweet potatoes, Russet potatoes, and red potatoes were created by Minnie Kitchen. I especially love the detail of the partially pealed potato!


This salad with onions, carrots, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and lettuce was created by The Tea Cottage.


This spaghetti with meat sauce and buttered roll was created by The Tea Cottage. Note the the detail of the dried herbs on top of the sauce.


This delicious cheeseburger was made by Pippaloo.


These ice pop made by Pippaloo are so realistic, down to the translucency of the ice.

Say Cheese!

Contains dried dates, apricot and prunes along with cheddar, blue cheese, Swiss cheese, Camembert, and brie. Created by MinnieKitchen.

Some historians speculate that cheese may have been accidentally discovered by people in the Middle East 5000 or more years ago. Arab travelers may have stored milk in stomachs of animals. The rennet,  an enzyme secreted from the stomach that causes coagulation, would turn the milk to curd.

Scones by MinnieKitchen

Scones were made of unleavened oats and baked on a griddle. Bakers often cut them into triangles for serving.

These American Girl-sized scones were made by MinnieKitchen of Etsy.

Profiterolle, Cream Puff, or Choux à la Crème

Profiterolle, Cream Puff, or Choux à la Crème are choux pastries filled with whipped cream, pastry cream, or ice cream. They can be shaped as balls or more imaginatively as swans. They are often garnished with powdered sugar, chocolate sauce, a caramel glaze, or fruit.

The word "cream puff" began to appear on American restaurants menu in the 1850s.

The polymer clay version below suitable for American Girls was made by the MinnieKitchen.




A real cream puff shaped as a swan that I had during tea time at L'espalier of Boston.