‘Broad City’ star Abbi Jacobson’s celebrity-inspired food art is real and wonderful

Wednesday night's episode of Broad City had star Abbi Jacobson desperate for money, hawking "celebrity-inspired" food illustrations for $40 a pop to replace a mirror she broke at her gym job. But, as it turns out, the illustrations are a "legit art project" of the Wayne native's own design.

Co-star Ilana Glazer dropped that bomb last night on Twitter, linking out to a Tumblr page called Famous Favorites consisting of all the illustrations shown on Wednesday's episode and much more. Fans of Jacobson's, of course, will recall that she is a real-life illustrator, last week revealing on Preston & Steve that she published several coloring books while writing the first season of Broad City.

The idea here is that Jacobson imagines that the illustrated food is a favorite of the celebrity name she attaches to the piece. So, for example, Aaron Sorkin probably loves Lunchables:

And Nicki Minaj likely enjoys lollipops:

Bill Gates can't get enough Nutella:

While The Boss is probably most fond of the Jersey Tomato:

Broad City actually has a history of making elements from the show real, like in the case of Lincoln's (Hannibal Buress) blog, the Al Dente Dentist. And, as Drew Lazor points out over on FirstWeFeast, it is a very food-centric show. So, in that sense, it is unclear whether the food portraits came before Broad City, or the other way around.

Either way, though, one thing is: There is not a better choice than the tomato for Springsteen. Spot on.

[Vulture]