In fact, as the authors of a recent Nutrition Today article noted, mushroomsâ nutrient and culinary characteristics suggest it may be time to re-evaluate food groupings and health benefits in the context of three separate food kingdoms: plants/ botany; animals/zoology and fungi/mycology.
Tate Modern today unveils the latest commission in The Unilever Series, Sunflower Seeds, by the renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. The sculptural installation appears at first to be a vast, flat landscape of sunflower seed husks, covering the east end of the Turbine Hall.
Spiritually, sunflowers represent God's love and humankind seeking unity and connection with a higher power. In Chinese symbolism, sunflowers signify intelligence, strength, good luck and a long life. Sunflower images have appeared in Incan temples high in the Andes, and Native Americans placed sunflower seeds by graves.