 Bottled Natural Beauty - Nestle Glowelle Anti-Aging Drinks::Nestlé--a company better known for chocolate--has branched into nutricosmetics: products taken orally that benefit the skin. The company’s newly launched ‘Glowelle’ beverage is touted as beauty in a bottle.… [MORE] |
 Edible Mobile App Icons - iPhone Cupcakes::Nick and Danielle Bilton’s clever iPhone cupcakes took first prize at the Cupcake Design Competition on September 15. The design competition was a part of Ignite NYC. These images, as captured by Bre Pettis,… [MORE] |
 Michelin-Star Cooking Classes - The Kitchen at Parsons Green::It isn't every day that the average home cook gets to learn how to cook a week's worth of locally-sourced gourmet food from a prestigious chef who has multiple Michelin stars under his belt--unless, of… [MORE] |
 Small-Space Cooking Solutions - Kitchen Works in a Drawer::This Kitchen Works in a Drawer portable mini kitchen might not be sufficient for the likes of Bobby Flay or Mario Batali, but it’s perfect for small-space apartment dwellers for whom every spare inch is… [MORE] |
 Drive Through Shopping Cart Washes - The PureCart::We've heard about how dirty our telephones, keyboards, and bedsheets are, but how about your shopping cart? Seems they're not that clean either. And why should they be when little 5 year-old Johnny is… [MORE] |
 Marble Track Tables - Marbelous Designs::The restaurant that installs these tables will become the local hotspot for families. Entitled "Marbelous" and considered "functional woodcarvings", these tables would make waiting for dinner... well,… [MORE] |
 DIY Baking for Kids - Gourmet Cupcake & Ice Cream Sandwich Maker::Jakks Pacific Girl Gourmet Cupcake & Ice Cream Sandwich Makers are reminiscent of the days of old. “Days of old”, not as far as teaching girls that “a woman's place is in the kitchen” but rather good… [MORE] |
 The Moose Diet - Sarah Palin and Ted Nugent Endorse Wild Game::Sarah Palin loves moose burgers and Ted Nugent says wild game, like moose, is the perfect food. Sarah Palin was already enjoying moose meat as a teen, as pictured center at age 17. Sarah Palin is also… [MORE] |
 Post Pregnancy Fitness - 10 Celebrity Shape Ups::Dumping the poundage from carrying a future Lohan in your belly is becoming giving birth to a whole new career path. Personal trainers are shaping up the stars in record time after they pump out a baby.… [MORE] |
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 Kung Fu Fast Food Branding - Bruce Lee is Restaurant's Mascot::Kung Fu is a fast food restaurant chain in China that uses Bruce Lee as its mascot. That is one mascot you would not want to mess with.
There is Bruce Lee's branding throughout the restaurant with his… [MORE] |
 Posthumous Restaurant Openings - Five Leaves Opens, Minus Heath Ledger::Heath Ledger's hipster bar and restaurant, Five Leaves, is open. This was Heath Ledger's pet project before his death.
Converting a tiny bar and restaurant in Brooklyn and trying to make it hip was Heath… [MORE] |
 20 Unique Eating Utensils::Fun with Forks, Crazy for Spoons! What is it about these everyday items that just drives designers nuts to think they have to improve on them? Whatever drives them, you will just love looking at twenty… [MORE] |
 Açai Berry Candies - Jelly Belly's New Fan-Selected Flavor::I cannot get enough of Jelly Belly jelly beans, especially the way they can be combined to create new flavors.
Despite their 50+ ever-changing main flavors, Jelly Belly decided their selection wasn't… [MORE] |
 Edible Mini Kitchen Sets - Rachael Ray's 40th Birthday Cake::Rachael Ray celebrated her 40th birthday on her talk show this week with a cake like no other. The 3’ x 2’ chocolate cake, which was created by Pink Cake Box of Denville, New Jersey, was an astonishingly… [MORE] |
 Celebrating Cereal and Consumerism - Iconic Images from Breakfast Foods::Ryan Alexiev's latest exhibition, The Land of 1000 cereals, showcases the Los Angeles-born artist's uncanny knack of creating images of iconic figures using breakfast cereal.
Pamela Anderson, Larry King… [MORE] |
 Edible Video Game Art - Super Mario Wedding Cake::I imagine that this Super Mario Kart wedding cake was heartbreaking to cut despite the happiness of the occasion for which it was made.
The wedding cake itself is black chocolate cake filled with bittersweet… [MORE] |
 Bizarre Economical Eats - Cambodians Cook Up Field Rats::In the West, rats are worthy of little more than immediate extermination. They are not welcome in our kitchens, and certainly not on our plates.
In Cambodia however, where inflation has caused the cost… [MORE] |
 TV Shows That Make You Fat - Study: Crime Shows Cause Weight Gain::The U.S. is getting fatter and now a study indicates crime television may be a big, fat, contribution to overeating. ‘Law and Order,’ all the CSI’s, ‘Cold Case,’ ‘The Closer,’ and all of their respective… [MORE] |
 Edible Album Covers (UPDATE) - Bento Box Art::A traditional bento box is art in its own right; this Japanese blogger has taken this food art one step further by recreating famous album covers.
Within the gallery, you’ll see completed bento boxes… [MORE] |
 12 Snazzy Espresso Machines and Coffee Makers::The Trend Hunter office is in need of an espresso machine to ensure our energy is perked throughout the day (we strive to keep our enthusiasm infectiously high, and sometimes a latte is in order.)
To… [MORE] |
 Linguistic Turf Wars - Soda vs Pop Map Settles the Score::The choice and consequent usage of the word ‘soda’ or ‘pop’ is one of the US’ most argumentative topics, and it’s prevalent enough to warrant a study by the Journal of English Linguistics. Through the… [MORE] |
 29 Incredible Inedibles - Food Products Unfit for Consumption::Food is an essential component for life; as such, it naturally dominates even the non-culinary realms of our existence. These 30 food products may have been inspired by actual cuisine, but they’re certainly… [MORE] |
 Sweet Beefcakes - 10 Cake Steaks::These cake steaks are the bad boys of the bakery world. These sweet treats even let vegetarians enjoy a steak, entirely meatless, and completely enjoyable.
I love this random selection of cakes shaped… [MORE] |
 Competitive Lunch Box Creations - Star Wars Art in the Bento Challenge::A series of competitions have been launched by LiveJournal called the Bento Challenge who also created a Flickr pool which has themes ranging from Hollywood movies to panda bears.
The two outstanding… [MORE] |
 Making Food Cute - 10 Sushi Chic Designs::Sushi Chic is getting better and better as this list of ten fashionable sushi trends demonstrates. Surprisingly, it did not even take much fishing around to pull these together.
(1) Unseasonal fishy brilliance… [MORE] |
 Light Boxes for Fruit - Eco Box by Jung Hyuk::The Eco Box by Jung Hyuk is a clever concept for keeping fruit fresher, starting from when it is still on the tree! The fruit ripens naturally inside the box which has many ventilation holes before it… [MORE] |
 Modular Birthday Decorations - Lucky Candles for Uncluttered Cakes::As we get older, the number of candles on our birthday cake increases to the point that it’s hard to blow ‘em all with one breath. If you are particular about blowing out all your candles at once as not… [MORE] |
 Morbid Kitchen Accessories - Hearse Cracker and Dip Set::This is the most ridiculous messed up kitchen accessory ever so it just had to be a trend. I present to you the Hearse Cracker & Dip Server Set. So bad it totally ROCKS!
This is a complete serving set… [MORE] |
 Anti-Theft Lunch Bags - Fake Mold Sherwood Forlee Plastic Bags::The anti-theft lunch bag is guaranteed to put even the hungriest thief off for it looks like your sandwich has flora. But it’s just a trick - the green stuff is just the pattern on the plastic zip lock!… [MORE] |
 Waterfront Sports Restaurants - CBS Scene::On Saturday night, the state-of-the-art CBS Scene Restaurant and Bar opened at the Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The opening gala was attended by celebrities from the sports and entertainment… [MORE] |
 Outlandish Emergency Food Kits - 275 Vegetarian Meals for $75::Well, there are just so many excellent uses for this humongous container of “food.” If you order online, in theory you wouldn’t have to leave the house for anything. Since the food lasts for 20 years,… [MORE] |
 Chocolate Tool Sets - Sweet Engineered Treats::These are simply delicious - a set of tools made from chocolate.
Precisely engineered from chocolate I should add as the attention to detail is mind blowing. I also love the really cute smaller boxes… [MORE] |
 Vegetarian Food Branding - VEGE by Design Frying Pans::This is a really cute and clever idea about how to brand your food as vegetarian friendly.
Called VEGE by Design these cast iron frying and bilini pans come from Selki-Asema. The pattern they leave in… [MORE] |
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 Star Wars-Inspired Culinary Art - The Jar Jar Binks Salad::In a gallery (kitchen) far far away someone come up with the idea of making a Jar Jar Binks salad - no light sabre required. Both the pictures and the artists statement around this piece (ie how rubbish… [MORE] |
 Bespoke Fast Food - Off Menu Ordering::Bespoke fast food is a great way to liven up your trip to a fast food outlet where your demands will either delight or annoy. If it is your lucky day, then you might get a creative student who really does… [MORE] |
 Super-Sized Candy - The Big Bite Gummy Bear::If eating gummy bears always leaves you wanting more, then the good news is that there is a new MASSIVE gummy bear bad boy on the block. Massive in comparison to the originals, I hasten to add, this gummy… [MORE] |
 Donut Burgers - Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburgers::No, your eyes are not deceiving you. These are Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburgers. Google employees decided to celebrate the birthday of the head of the cafe staff by adding just a little bit more… [MORE] |
 Emotional Meat - Personified Cold Cuts::This cute little marketing trick would be memorable in any deli or butcher shop! The face-bearing pork is fun, and might even be delicious.
Who wouldn’t pay attention to the smiling character who becomes… [MORE] |
 Weight Loss Photography - The Flash Diet::A new study has shown that those who take pictures of what they’re eating stick more carefully to their diet than those who won't.
I guess our human, me-centric minds have evolved to “forget” the truth… [MORE] |
 Flavored Cutlery - The Ham-Infused Fork::There’s a new fork on the block that’s perfect if you want everything you eat to taste like ham. It is forking ridiculous but despite being in my late 20’s, I love the straws that turn milk into flavored… [MORE] |
 18 Eco Tips For The Credit Crunch::With the credit crunch beginning to bite and belts starting to be tightened, we’re seeing a number of trends connected with spending less and spending wisely. There's been a nod to wartime economizing… [MORE] |
 Inedible Micro Meals - Polymer Clay Food by Mimiature::It's too bad that the Mimiatures mini-food is inedible as they really look good enough to eat. Every polymer clay morsel has been patiently crafted to delicious detail by Mimi, a Thai artisan.
Her food… [MORE] |
 33 One-of-a-Kind Theme Restaurants::Forget about the food--these 33 theme restaurants are destinations in their own right. Whether you're sitting on a toilet seat eating chocolate soft-serve ice cream out of a suggestively-shaped miniature… [MORE] |
 17 Unique Night Clubs::Nightclubs have gone far beyond the standard DJ-and-dance-floor format. These 17 night clubs revolutionize nightlife in several different ways.
Some cater to a unique crowd, like dance clubs that cater… [MORE] |
 Mechanic Inspired Oils & Spirits - Anthony's Mini Garage Winery::Reddot award winner, Anthony’s Mini Garage Winery is a brilliantly ingenious gourmet food and drink brand. The German design studio ‘Korefe’ has developed this ‘mechanically’ themed line of specialty food… [MORE] |
 25 Yummy Pizza Innovations::Admittedly, pizza is one of the most popular foods in the world. Whether you make it at home, order it in, or even get in from a vending machine, pizza fits the bill for fast, filling, comfort food.
Behold,… [MORE] |
 10,000 Calorie Candies - 3 Ft Long Twix Bar::Any Twix-lovers out there? Honestly, is there anything better than a butter cookie topped with caramel and coated in milk chocolate? I think so… a GIGANTIC Twix.
Check out how to make this 3-feet long,… [MORE] |
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