"coffee mug" news and stories

• A transplant patient has developed an insatiable craving for junk food - after receiving a new heart from a teenager with a taste for fatty snacks.
• A recent inspection of nearly 800 restaurants at 10 airports found dangerous food conditions.
• Pounded by the recession, restaurants are hoping that some menu magic with the right combination of prices, adjectives, fonts, type sizes, ink colors and placement on the page can coax diners into spending a little more money.
• Feeling especially lazy in the morning? Try this coffee mug that stirs itself.
• In Detroit, a man with a 5-inch knife in his chest stunned patrons when he walked into a diner, ordered a coffee and waited for an ambulance to arrive.

I don't think I own any funky-shaped drinking receptacles. All of my coffee and tea cups are rather ordinary shaped, as are my dishes, pans, and glasses (though I do own one glass that is square - I use it for many of my cocktails). These heart-shaped coffee cups look rather nice, though I always get nervous drinking out of very fancy, delicate cups and china. I either feel like I'm going to drop it or I feel dainty.

They're $13 each. Anyone try them?

[via Boing Boing]