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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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Sugar coating the world with cake icing graffitti

Canadian artist Shelly Miller presents a new take on street graffiti, giving it a sugary coating. I have never once been able to interpret street graffiti until now. Anything with icing sugar is a win for me, what is a piece of cake without it? A loaf of bread? This “throw up” took a few…

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The Louis Vuitton Waffle Maker

Say goodbye to the handbags and impress your girlfriends with a Louis Vuitton Waffle maker. Californian artist Andrew Lewicki has designed the worlds fist (we believe), Louis Vuitton waffle maker. The designer cookware is made with a Teflon-coated aluminium  enamel on aluminium sheeting, and generic waffle-maker parts. Due to it being a work of art it is not commercially…

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A new superhero is in town! The Pumpkin Thing!

Americans go all out when it comes to Halloween! Take this Fantastic Four “Thing” for example. Standing at 6’4″, buit on a wood and chicken wire frame, this pumpkin version of The Thing dominates every other pumpkin around. It is the creation of Reddit’s wizardtig, who used 11 pumpkins to put it all together. I wouldn’t…

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Burger King’s Gourmet Charred Bamboo & Squid Ink Burger!

The premium ’Kuru Burger’ made with buns baked with bamboo charcoal and squid ink ketchup. This is not a Heston Blumenthal creation but Burger King Japan celebrating it’s 5th Anniversary with some local flare. The buns are made from dough mixed with bamboo charcoal, the patties infused with paprika and tomato, then to top it all off…

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World’s Heaviest Pumpkin! The first one ton pumpkin.

A Rhode Island man has set a new world record with the first pumpkin ever to weigh more than a ton. The pumpkin grown by Ron Wallace of Rhode Island, came in at 1 ton guaranteeing him first place in the competition and a $5,500 prize for first place plus $10,000 for breaking the one-ton…

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Oh Lord! Now it’s Gangnam Cappuccino

As Gangnam fever takes over the world, if only for a brief 15 minutes of fame, we now have the Gangnam Cappuccino! Too be honest, I don’t get out much any more so I have no idea if Gangnam fever has swept across the dusty Karoo plains or traversed the Drakensberg mountains. But if I…