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

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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Knoxville police deliver 60 pizzas to stranded passengers.

When a Delta airlines flight was diverted to Knoxville, Tennessee where the local police came to the passengers aid. They delivered 60 pizzas pizzas to some very surprised passengers while they were sitting on the tarmac enduring a 2 hour delay. Federal rules in America require that passengers stranded on a plane for two hours…

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The Triple Double Challenge! Could you eat all of this?

Competitive eater Randy Santel set about cleaning his plate at the BadHappy ‘Triple Double Challenge’ food challenge in Chicago. He finished up a triple burger, two poutines and a milkshake in just over 12 minutes, sadly well outside the record of 7 minutes. Being a competitive eater he considered this to be a small challenge…

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Prince Harry cooks vetkoek in Lesotho

Prince Harry got to show off his culinary talents cooking vetkoek as he laughed and joked with children at the Kananelo Centre for the Deaf in Maseru. The Prince visited Lesotho to learn about the latest developments of his Sentebale charity, which supports a number of projects in the country. The Kananelo Centre for the Deaf is run…

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Pippa Middleton replaces Delia Smith at Waitrose!!!

Pippa Middleton, the younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge who stole the show at her sisters wedding is now working for Waitrose. The leading British supermarket caused a stir when it dropped Delia Smith while sticking with Heston Blumenthal earlier in the year. It now appears that Pippa Middleton whose recent book, Celebrate flopped…

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The 5,100 calorie Nine Pattie Burger, go the whole nine yards!

US Fast Food Chain “Jake’s Wayback Burgers” have a “go the whole nine yards” attitude with its nine pattie burger. Each pattie comes with its own slice of cheese with some lettuce and tomato thrown in for good measure. It was originally offered as a test product and was so well received that it has…

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The Top 10 Fattest Countries in the world are…

I bet my last Rand you will never guess which is the fattest country in the world according to these statistics. You need to look at percentages and not absolute numbers for this one. Sadly the countries with the smallest population get hammered. That’s not to say the big ones like the UK, Germany &…

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McDonald’s to change it’s name to Macca’s in Australia

In a world first for the global fast food mega business it is to change it’s name to Macca’s in Australia. Store signs in Australia will come down and new one’s will go up during the month of January as McDonald’s celebrates Australia Day by changing it’s name to Macca’s, it’s Australian nickname. Chief Marketing…