"Lady Gaga" news and stories

First there was the meat dress, and now the eggshell version of the sedan chair. What is it about Lady Gaga surrounding herself with edibles, or at least the iconic symbols of the things we eat? Gaga's entrance to the Grammy Awards last night led the editors at TheStir to posit that the Lady has serious food fetishes (or at least a case of serious food-related drama) going on. Read all about it at TheStir.

The Lady loves tapas. Who knew? When we read Eater's report that Lady Gaga spent part of New Year's Eve partying in small Spanish bites at Caliu, the newish West Village tapas restaurant, we had to give her a shout out. Although we hear the singer, who has herself invested in Upper West Side restaurant Vince & Eddie's, didn't eat much. Slashfood editors went to Caliu when it opened in November, and loved what we ate. So we join Gaga in giving the thumb's up to chef Franco Barrio (formerly of Mario Batali's Casa Mono and Boqueria, two of NYC's hottest tapas spots), not only for his tapas-bar standards such as sliced housemade morcilla, chorizo and cheeses (such as the caña de cabra goat's-milk), patatas bravas (fried potatoes crusted with spicy paprika and drowned in white mayo) and dates wrapped in bacon, but for his invented dishes such as tiny shrimp shish kebabs mounted on toast, and a strange paella with ground-lamb meatballs. Caliu is off the map in a West Village backwater many blocks south of the Meapacking District, and it's dark and quiet -- the perfect place for a first date, or maybe a bad romance? By the way, when we were there, Caliu hadn't yet been approved for a liquor license, so they poured complimentary sangria, which not only added to the spirit of the place but also made for a pretty cheap tab.

She's done it again: Lady Gaga has everyone talking about yet another eccentric outfit. At the MTV Music Awards ceremony last night (where she won eight categories), Gaga donned a meat dress accented by bovine accessories.

In what seemed to be a generational fashion changing-of-the-guard, Cher (in one of her iconic outrageous outfits) presented Gaga with the moon man statue for Video of the Year. "I never thought I'd be asking Cher to hold my meat purse," exclaimed a delighted Gaga as she accepted.

It's not the first time the pop princess has gone bovine. Earlier this year she modeled a meat bikini for the cover of Vogue Hommes Japan designed by Franc Fernandez.

Last night Ellen DeGeneres taped the season premiere of her show outside the Nokia Theater, and asked Gaga about her peculiar outfit.

"Well, it is certainly no disrespect to anyone that is vegan or vegetarian. As you know, I am the most judgment-free human being on the earth," Gaga replied.

"Sweet" isn't typically one of the words used to describe Lady Gaga and her many outlandish looks . . . but that's exactly what this is. Visit the Cake Obsessed column on TheStir to find out more about the baker-blogger who came up with this pop-culture creation.