Oscar fever? How about salami made from celebrity tissue

Bite Labs wants to grow meats from celebrity tissue to make into artisanal salami.

James Franco tastes “arrogant, distinctive, and completely undeniable. Jennifer Lawrence will have a “a charming and confident flavor profile.” And Kanye West salami is best paired celebrity.salamiwith “strong straight bourbon,” according to Bite Labs.

“Kevin” from Bite Labs wrote, “Our team is deeply interested in food culture, celebrity and media as well as thinking about the future,” in an e-mailed response to Vice’s Motherboard.

Kevin told Vice the current campaign is to develop a prototype of celebrity meat. Bite Labs is asking people to tweet at their favorite celebrities to be a salami.

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A former professor of food safety and the publisher of barfblog.com, Powell is passionate about food, has five daughters, and is an OK goaltender in pickup hockey. Download Doug’s CV here. Dr. Douglas Powell editor, barfblog.com retired professor, food safety 3/289 Annerley Rd Annerley, Queensland 4103 dpowell29@gmail.com 61478222221 I am based in Brisbane, Australia, 15 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time