A variant form of street theatre, Eat London has been created by international food artist Alicia Rios and architect Barbara Ortiz. The project involves scaling down a map of the city centre from Hyde Park to Tower Bridge and Oxford Street to Elephant and Castle, complete with major buildings and landmarks. This 3-D version of the capital, covering 60 square metres, will be divided into sections, which will then be cooked and built out of food by 14 diverse community groups across east and south-east London. Participants have been asked to use ingredients that mean most to them. "urbanophagia" Fudge and other sweets were chosen for Buckingham Palace, while the Treasury will be a dish of vegetable curry and Westminster Abbey represented by chapatis stuffed with rice and okra.
 | | An edible Imperial War Musem |
Elsewhere, visitors will find an Imperial War Museum rendered in dim sum and a Lloyd's building consisting of rye bagels filled with salmon and cream cheese. Rios, who did something similar 10 years ago at the Battersea Arts Centre, calls the process of eating in this manner "urbanophagia". It may not be the term uppermost in most people's minds when they devour one of those red pepper buses - or take a great big bite out of 10 Downing Street and the Houses of Parliament. Eat London is a free event in Trafalgar Square on Saturday 28 April from 12 noon. It is presented by LIFT, the London International Festival of Theatre. For more details, see the weblink, right. | 
