Fancy Fast Food makes chic out of schlock

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This could be made entirely of P'zones and jamocha shakes for all you know.
 

We're sort of loving on all these audience-participation sites popping up: This Is Why You're Fat, Eat This and Die, and fellow newcomer Fancy Fast Food. It's like reality television for the foodie/food porn blogosphere. The kinda cool thing about Fancy Fast Food, which debuted a couple months ago, is that it adds some artistry to the gross-out element the others rely on.

With the possible exception of the McSteak and Potatoes (made out of a Big Mac Extra Value Meal) the others are kind of insanely delicious looking. I think my favorite might be the Dao Mi Noh Chow Mein made out of a Domino's Pizza with a hoisin sauce made out of Diet freaking Coke! That KFC chicken corn chowder looks pretty off the hook too.

Wisconsin "cheese lady" marries in pirate-themed ceremony

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Photo courtesy Peter Vanderveer

You may recall Sarah "The Cheese Lady" Kaufmann. Hot Dish blogged about the ambitious Wisconsin cheese sculptor a few months ago when she came to town to carve a 500-pound bear and a Sioux warrior and princess -- all out of cheese.

Well, you'll never guess what happened. The Cheese Lady done got hitched. It's true! The July 4 ceremony was pirate-themed, with cheese-inspired rings ("bands of gold with cheese dimples and holes"), flags emblazoned "Love Anchored in Cheese," and a 32-foot long ship named MV Cheese Lady. Um, awesome.

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Photo courtesy Peter Vanderveer

How did the lovely couple meet? Oh, why when Sarah went to San Diego to present a 600-pound cheese replica of the USS Ronald Reagan of course! Congrats to the happy couple!

Michael Jackson butter sculpture on tap for Iowa State Fair

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Michael Jackson will join the ranks of Harry Potter, Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson, and "Superman Returns" star Brandon Routh (oh, and of course the butter cow) as a butter sculpture at the Iowa State Fair next month. (What, no Ashton Kutcher, Iowa State Fair? We're disappointed. Maybe next year?)

According to the Des Moines Register, the recently deceased King of Pop will be immortalized mid-moonwalk. "We're just trying to pay tribute to his contribution to music and dance ... as opposed to giving any scrutiny of his life," Lori Chappell, the State Fair's marketing director, told the paper.

The sculpture will be on display throughout the duration of the fair -- Aug. 13-23 -- in Des Moines.

Photo of the day: redneck sushi

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Mmmm ...

What SuperTouch's Eric White eats for dinner (or maybe just had once). Ok, dude's an artist. That explains the idea (I guess). But why such a garish choice of foods?

The editors blame the Midwest. Oh, snap!

From the archives: Speaking of candy bars ...

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Aero Bar, anyone? No? How about a Mr. Big then? This fairly dated application hidden in the Science Museum of Minnesota's website still has some modern relevance, that being that people still like a) candy bars and b) frittering time away on the Internet.

Let's play ... Name That Candy Bar!

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