I know this is pathetic to say, but sometimes I want a grilled cheese but don’t want to go to the trouble of making one.  More precisely, I don’t feel like dirtying and then washing the dishes necessary for making a grilled cheese. Enter the Toastabag, reusable bags / sleeves designed by Dutch design company Bosta that allow you to make a grille cheese right inside your toaster.  No mess.  No clean-up.  It’s the lazy...

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If you’re from the United States, chances are you’ve never seen the McKebab, McFalafel, or McCurry Pan on the menu at your local Mickey D’s.  But alas, they exist, as well as some – if you can believe it – more bizarre menu items. Below are some of the weirdest McDonaldss foodstuffs around.  I have put a label above some of the ones that aren’t explicitly labeled, and even typing them out felt weird.  As...

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Vanessa Dualib knows how to make eggs…come to life.  In her series titled Eggbert, Vanessa turns everyday eggs into characters that make you think twice about that morning omelet. And sorry about the terrible pun in the title.  I couldn’t...

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Words cannot describe how much I love the concept of theydrawandcook.com.  I love cooking, I love drawing, and somehow it never occurred to me to mix the two.  Recipes have always had their own personalities in my mind, and seeing how other people interpret their recipes is a lot of fun. I’d love to try to immortalize some of my grandmother’s recipes this way, but quite frankly it’s a daunting task.  Perhaps I’ll start...

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It’s not often you get to describe a commercial for a fast-food burger joint as ‘heartwarming’ – in fact, this might be a first, even for the internet. But this commercial for popular South African burger joint Wimpy is surprisingly just that. Wimpy wanted a creative way to advertise the fact that they offer Braille menus for the visually impaired at all of their locations, so they decided to bake up some special buns...

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