Because we as a people don't eat enough french fries, Kandy Kastle has created a candy version of American's favorite vegetable. These fries are made of marshmallow and are sculpted to look like steak fries. To increase the resemblance, they come packaged with a little packet of Kandy Ketchup Sour Candy Gel that looks like ketchup when squirted on these "fries." If you need the experience to be a little bit more complete, the Kandy Kastle company also makes a hamburger out of dyed marshmallow, so you can have your burger and fries and your sugar high, all in one.
That's the question that a reader of cakehead.com asks. Specifically, she asks what type of cake is the best to top with bacon. Yellow cake was too sweet, and carrot cake didn't quite work either. Click on the link to find out what cake tastes great with bacon, and then try it yourself.
Have you been rick rolled lately? For those of you not in the know, being rick rolled is when you click on a link sent to you buy a friend, acquaintance or stranger that, instead of leading to where you are told it will lead, takes you to the YouTube video of eighties pop star Rick Astley singing his hit, "Never Gonna Give You Up." It gave everyone on the internet a giggle for a good long time.
Well, an intrepid baker, crafter and MAKE magazine community member has taken the concept of the rick roll to a far tastier, yeastier place, with the creation of these edible rick rolls (made with a laser engraver). It just proves that internet phenomenon never die, they just get refreshed.
a. charcoal b. a block of raisins c. an old beehive
If you answered b, you're correct! It's one of the cool photos over at Zach Kowalczyk's Flickr page. He takes a bunch of food and shoves it in a container and then takes it out, taking a picture of it after it takes the shape of the container it was in. These aren't just pictures of food, they're little works of art.
When I was a kid and my parents would take me out to fast food (a very infrequent occurrence) there were always strict limits on what I could order. I was allowed a small burger (although my mother preferred that I get a chicken sandwich) and milk. Soda and french fries were not allowed (these rules did not apply to my father, and so I would beg a few fries and a sip of his root beer). I would always promise myself that when I was older and able to order my own food, I'd get whatever I wanted.
As I've gotten older, I haven't really kept that promise to myself, mostly because fast food just doesn't taste as good to me as it once did (and I don't want to die by the age of 40). However, somebody out there kept that childhood promise, and did so by ordering a Whopper with 15 additional orders of bacon, for an additional cost of $9. They certainly took the term bacon burger to a higher level than has been seen before. For more pictures of this slightly insane sandwich, head over to about:blank.
Chewing taking up too much of your time? Wish you could find a way to get that vital, meaty protein in a gem-colored translucent beverage? Sadly, you're going to have to wait a little longer, as the appealingly packaged Meatwater, featured on the aptly named website "Dinner in a Bottle" is nothing more than a glossy prank. It rides the coattails of VitaminWater and does a masterful job of populating the website with near-convincing copy.
If you saw Meatwater before this post, were you momentarily convinced that it was a real product (I realize the severed arm on the front page is sort of a giveaway)?
Is there anything that people won't do with bacon? We've had bacon cups, meat cabins and ships, bacon mats and candy bacon. However, until today, I'd never seen anyone wear bacon. This may just become the next thing in undergarments. It's wire-free, made of all-natural materials and could double as a snack in a pinch.
There's a larger version of the image after the jump, for those of you who want a closer look at this hand-crafted bacon bra.
The foodscapes have been coming fast and furious these past couple weeks. First I learned about London photographer Carl Warner's fanciful broccoli forests and smoked salmon seas. Then I discovered Gayle Chong Kwan's sinister Edens of rotting apples and wilted lettuce.
Now, I've been tipped off to Nicolas Lampert's meatscapes: goofy, retro photos of people with giant pieces of meat nearby. A cowboy squints into the distance from atop a mesa of honey baked ham. A family dressed in early-80's shorty-shorts poses proudly in front of a roast beef mountain.
Lampert, a Wisconsin artist, says his meatscapes are meant to make viewers think about the ethics of appropriating so much of our resources to raising animals for food.
In the past we've featured gadgets that make it possible to make a tic tac toe board on your toast, as well as toasters that can imprint your morning bread with images from the New York Times or will toast transparently. However, this image proves once again that machine can never replace the artistry of the human hand, even when it comes to crafting toast art.
Recently, the blog at Make Magazine put together a gallery of toast art images which are amazingly detailed and nuanced. This map of the world is by artist David Reimondo
It takes playing with your food to a whole new level.
During my middle school years, I was totally and completely addicted to Tetris. I played every afternoon when I came home from school and when I closed my eyes at night, I still saw the pieces falling into place. Truly, the only reason I don't still play obsessively is that I don't have a program that runs on my current computer (and I'm planning on keeping it that way).
However, a friend emailed me a link today that has me rethinking my position on Tetris. How can I not love how it has been reinvented using waffles in place of the colored blocks! It makes me consider pulling out my own waffle iron and making a game board on my own.
This week, Philadelphia was saved from near catastrophe, all thanks to a hot sausage sandwich. After a long afternoon of inspecting the Schuylkill Expressway, two engineers pulled of I-95 in the Port Richmond section of town in order to grab a late lunch. While they were heading back to the expressway, they drove past the column you see there in the picture, which holds up 6 lanes of I-95. As luck would have it, Peter Kim was familiar with that stretch of I-95 and had actually been out inspecting it back in December. He pulled out his phone, sent a picture off to Penndot and the repair crews mobilized within the hour.
It did snarl traffic for a couple of days, as that stretch of highway had to be closed while they made repairs, but thanks to a hot sausage sandwich.
I love art, especially when it's done with food. If you are also a fan of this kind of thing, you should check out the Tate Modern Fluxus extravaganza on the weekend of May 24.
American artist Alison Knowles will perform her "Make a Salad" piece. It's pretty self explanatory. She will coordinate a group of chef's in making a giant salad (big enough to feed 300 audience members) all set to the music of Mozart. It's an artwork designed to "blur the line between art and everyday activity."
If you're a foodie who's also into art, this may be the perfect event for you. How many other times are you going to be able to combine two of your favorite things?
Ladies and gentlemen, appreciators of odd foods everywhere, meet the waffledog.
That's a hot dog wrapped in a waffle, doused in ketchup and eaten on a stick. Sound like a good idea to you? Me too.
In my opinion, the most surprising thing about this unusual treat is not the flavor combo (bacon and waffles are good, chicken and waffles are good, so why not hot dog and waffles?) but the fact that it was NOT made in America, proud home of so many foods-within-foods (think turducken - a chicken stuffed in a duck stuffed in a turkey - or mozzarella-stuffed pizza crust or cheesecake-stuffed chimichangas).
Nope, this baby was born in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, as reported on journalist Newley Purnell's blog. Apparently there are French fry-coated corn dogs to be had on the streets of Seoul, South Korea.
I wonder if I could replicate this with my waffle iron...
A lot of people have come across an odd shaped piece of food and thought "boy that looks like such and such." We just received a tip about exactly that, and boy is it funny.
Someone found a strawberry that they think looks like the United States. I guess it kind of does, you just have to use your imagination. Where things start to get really funny is this person decided to sell it on Ebay! Not only that, it's up for bid until March 22, though the sales description does say the berry has been frozen.
Bidding starts a just 99 cents, so this interesting piece of fruit could be yours for a bargain. Of course there is the matter of $20 shipping!
The town of Yellow Springs, OH is working hard to keep their pear trees warm, by knitting a colorful selection of cozies for the limbs and branches of the trees. When I first spotted this article, I wondered if there was actually a problem with the trees and the weather, maybe they were having a particularly cold winter and the trees needed protection. As I read further along the article, I discovered that it's an art project, rather than an act of kindness from the people to the fruit trees.
However, the vividly colored project has raised the town's awareness of knitting, crafting and the pear trees that live in their midst. What's next? A tomato plant cozy?
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A lot of people have come across an odd shaped piece of food and thought "boy that looks like such and such." We just received a tip about exactly that, and boy is it funny. 
A fraking amazing Battlestar Galactica cake
Iced Tea 101
Pierogies + cheese + onions + kraut = Parmageddon!
