How to infuriate/impress your waitress

Maggie Koerth 5:22 pm Fri Apr 23, 2010

This is actually the work of artist Kevin Van Aelst, who assembles images from the detritus of everyday life. It's part of a series of fingerprints made with everything from macaroni to pie crust.

(Via My Food Looks Funny)

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