Jen Monroe is a chef and artist whose project, Bad Taste, is committed to exploring new ways of thinking about food and consumption, approaching food as fantasy and as a transportive medium. Past work has included a dinner about the honey bee health crisis, a 100 square foot edible map of New York City, food installations for fashion week presentations, experimental cotton candy, concept pop-up dinners, a rendering of a futuristic seafood menu in response to climate change, and a series of immersive, monochromatic ten course “color meals.” Her work has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, and Dazed.

Additional photography credits for Jen Monroe’s work: Hunter Abrams, Evan Felts, Corey Olsen, Megan C. Mack, mg weathersby, Walter Wlodarczyk.