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We all love pancakes, in the morning, during the day, in the evening, we could eat pancakes all the time it seems. There is this guy Jim that obviously agrees with this statement because he is making a lot of pancakes, and not just regular ones, but in all kinds of shapes and colors. He is also making themed ones for the holidays, like Halloween and Thanksgiving. Other examples are dinosaur pancakes, jewelry pancakes, and Unicorn pancakes.

Maybe you wouldn’t eat them, but you have to admit that they are pretty cute. The so-called flag pizzas are a work of Jen from Tiny Urban Kitchen. She wanted to do a little food traveling project where she makes mini pizzas that looks like flags from the countries that she has visited. As you can see she has traveled to a lot of places, hence the great number of flag pizzas.

The taste and pleasure derived from the meal depend a lot on the visual perception. To make a beautiful composition is not hard if you have rich imagination and fancy. You may be wondering, as you read this article, “didn’t their mothers ever teach them not to play with their food?” But reserve judgment until you see the absolute masterpieces food arts that the following artists have managed to create from simple foods you can find in the kitchen.

A seaworthy 3.5-meter chocolate boat made by a French chocolate maker Georges Larnicol set sail in Concarneau port, western France, on September 25, 2010. The 1.2 ton boat, built in the Larnicol’s workshop, is entirely made of chocolate excepted the frame which is made of sugar. It survived a traditional farewell ceremony of breaking a champagne bottle of the bow. The boat seats two passengers and is both sail and motor-driven. Georges Larnicol won a bet by successfully building a […]

The Armenian Company Grand Candy broke the Guinness World Record for the biggest chocolate bar by making a bar weighing 9,702-pound (4,410 kg). On September 11, on the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the company held a presentation ceremony. The bar, 224 inches (560 centimeters) long, 110 inches (275 centimeters) wide and 10 inches (25 centimeters) thick, was made in four days using cocoa beans imported from Africa, Grand Candy President Karen Vardanyan said at the ceremony.

Chocolate history starts out in Latin America, where cacao trees grow wild. The first people to use chocolate were probably the Olmec of what is today southeast Mexico. They lived in the area around 1000 BC, and their word, “kakawa,” gave us our word “cacao.” Unfortunately, that’s all we know. We don’t know how (or even if) the Olmec actually used chocolate.

Hercuteness from Craftster.org Forums make the smallest cheeseburger in the world! This is a real edible cheeseburger made with real miniature buns and complete with a micro portion of fries… He say: “After we took all the pictures we cut the tiny burger in half and each ate half. It tasted awesome. Our burger was a little over one inch tall and about an inch wide. Everything was handmade, including the tiny buns.”

Jamie Oliver, The Naked Chef, was born on May 27, 1975. He is an English chef well-known for his television shows in the UK and, lately, in the United States. He is now known worldwide for his campaign against processed foods in government-owned high schools. More than that, he wants to change the unhealthy diet of most children and teenagers in Western countries. He also advocates family cooking as a means of encouraging families to eat healthier meals.