Neil deGrasse Tyson Instagram – Fractal Food. If math-fluent Space Aliens coveted anything we eat, it would surely be #Romanesco Broccoli, which looks not of this Earth. The large-scale spiral pattern repeats at intermediate as well as small scales. A tell-tale feature of #fractals. A tray of it appeared in the bar scene of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”. Evidence of its popularity, even in galaxies far, far away . (Summer 2008, Fairbanks, Alaska)