These self-saucing, self-licking spoons are designed to make you rethink the way you bring food to your mouth. We are presented with a table of strangely shaped cutlery and delicate round foods — some of the items are recognizable, some not. Without any instruction, we must figure out how to eat the food using the curious utensils. This is an intimate tea ceremony at Basta, a restaurant in Tel Aviv, where guests are challenged to rethink the way they eat. “I tried to reimagine the use of utensils and the different ways in which they meet the body and serve as its extension,” explains Israeli ceramics designer Avi Ben Shoshan. Someone asks Ben Shoshan how to eat two egg-shaped half shells, one filled with chocolate, the other with thinly sliced almonds. “There’s no right or wrong, just do whatever feels right to you,” he answers. But what feels right about suddenly consuming food differently from how humans have for centuries? | 