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Introducing the Cronut, the latest pastry fad to hit New York City

May 30, 2013

Is it a doughnut or is it a croissant? It’s both and its called a Cronut. This latest creation by pastry chef Dominique Ansel of Dominique Ansel Bakery in New York has had people lining up around the block to get there hands on his latest pastry creation. The crount is where America meets France…

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Bacon Soap, saving the earth one wash at a time.

The Flint Crepe Co. in Flint, Michigan is using its leftover bacon grease to make bacon soap. Don’t be too horrified, you won’t be walking around smelling like a “cheap hotel buffet” with the fresh scent of bacon wafting around. The manufacturers scent the soap with citrus and ginger to ensure that you will still…

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Italians create new World’s Largest Pizza breaking the South African held record

Last week 5 Italian chefs got together to break the world record for the world’s largest pizza. The team was led by Dovillo Nardi and Dr. Schar a company that produces gluten free food and as a result the world’s largest pizza is also gluten free. The pizza is gluten free to bring awareness to…

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Food Art, Kevin Bacon made of… bacon! It was bound to happen eventually

San Francisco artist Jason Mecier is best known for portraits of celebrities made out of trash but has now shifted focus to those made of food. Naturally the most logical starting point would be a portrait of Kevin Bacon using bacon, what else? Earlier work includes portraits of Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse made out of pills.

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Novak Djokovic buys the worlds entire stock of he world’s most expensive cheese! Made from a donkey.

The worlds’ most expensive cheese, made from donkeys is no longer available. That is of course only a problem if you were lining up a bid. The world’s number one ranked tennis player, Novak Djokovic, purchased the entire supply of Pule, a Serbian cheese that would set you back $1000 per kilogram. He apparently plans to use the…

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There’s a new craze in town and it’s called “Milking”

Tired of planking? Well now here is something new for you to try, it’s called milking! The new craze started up in Newcastle, England where university students seemed be a little bored and came up with something whacky to pass the time. The video has gone viral and copy cats are now popping up everywhere. Milker,…

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Angry Birds Soda outsells Coke and Pepsi in Finland! See, it can be done.

While this claim is restricted to certain market segments and retail outlets the Angry Birds Soda has outsold Coke and Pepsi in Finland. Rovio, the creators of Angry Birds, CMO, Peter Vesterbacka shared the news with his audience at the ’Slush’ conference taking place in Helsinki. He also revealed that the soda will be launched in New…

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Chocolate train sets a new world record as the worlds longest.

A Maltese artist has created the longest chocolate train in the world. The project which forms part of Brussels Chocolate week took 700 hours to make and is 34 meters long, making it the longest chocolate structure in the world while weighing in at 1360 kg’s. There were no moulds used in manufacturing the chocolate…

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Space Burgers! Five Harvard guys send the first Hamburger into space – Operation Skyfall!

Five friends from Harvard University decided to send a hamburger up into space. “B.good”, a local hamburger company in Massachusetts, was generous enough to help them out and sponsor the entire mission. The students, juniors Renzo Lucioni, Nuseir Yassin, Daniel Broudy, Jamie Law-Smith and Matt Moellman, spent a weekend last month brainstorming ideas for a…

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There is a new art form around and it’s called Cerealism [photo's]

In today’s mad morning rush do you ever sit back and take a look at your cereal from another rather abstract angle? Photographer Ernie Button did and the net result is an art form called “cerealism”. Ernie has been building his collection of cereal-scapes over the past 10 years When I started I really didn’t know that I…

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Market Traders banned from shouting out their wares in northern England town

New rules introduced by the Scunthorpe town council ban market traders from shouting over health and safety fears that they could damage peoples hearing. Since time immemorial market traders in England and around the world have shouted out their wares to attract customers to their stalls. That has all come to an end in Scunthorpe where the…

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A candy tarantula to cure you of your arachnophobia

Cake-maker Cecilia Chalmers was commissioned to make the edible arachnid as a centre piece for a horror-themed party. Commission by Tyrone and Claire Jacques their was a deeper meaning to the request in that they hoped in would cure Tyrone of his fear of… spiders! The tarantula is made entirely from sugar paste and too one month…

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The Smiling Meatball, courtesy of KFC China.

I’m not a big fan of food that’s smiling at me when I’m about to eat it. They don’t seem to mind in China though. KFC over there have this offering going for what appears to be 16 Yuan. What’s your feeling about eating food that’s smiling at you?

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Around The World Rss

Introducing the Cronut, the latest pastry fad to hit New York City

Bacon Soap, saving the earth one wash at a time.

Italians create new World’s Largest Pizza breaking the South African held record

Food Art, Kevin Bacon made of… bacon! It was bound to happen eventually

Novak Djokovic buys the worlds entire stock of he world’s most expensive cheese! Made from a donkey.

There’s a new craze in town and it’s called “Milking”

Angry Birds Soda outsells Coke and Pepsi in Finland! See, it can be done.

Chocolate train sets a new world record as the worlds longest.

Space Burgers! Five Harvard guys send the first Hamburger into space – Operation Skyfall!

There is a new art form around and it’s called Cerealism [photo's]

Market Traders banned from shouting out their wares in northern England town

A candy tarantula to cure you of your arachnophobia

The Smiling Meatball, courtesy of KFC China.

South Africa's Internet Food Newspaper, Magazine and Blog