Nuggets: a complete source of artistic inspiration

​Last week, the Daily Mail ran a story about Stacey Irvine, a 17-year-old British girl who "has eaten almost nothing else apart from chicken nuggets for almost 15 years." She was rushed to the hospital after collapsing and doctors suspected her health problems could be tied to her diet, which was painfully lacking in nutrients. 

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Meatloaf Bakery

A whole spaghetti dinner packed into a convenient cupcake

​Just when it looked like the cupcake craze was finally dying down, a Chicago bakery is bringing  it back to the forefront with an unexpected savory twist. Meatloaf Bakery serves up small loaves, family size trays, and individual cupcakes, each made with a different meatloaf base and some sort of carbohydrate "frosting". 

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Silk from China, Qmilch from Minnesota?

​German fashion designer Anka Domaske knows how to milk a fashion trend. Along with a small team of researchers at the Fiber Institute, she has found a way to make fabric out of casein from sour organic milk. Just turn it into powder, heat it, add beeswax and other materials, and spin it and you've got yourself a very expensive garment with the texture of silk.

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The hardest part about making alligator dressing? It's ... well, you can probably guess the hardest part.

​Maybe you've been serving the same boring turkey dressing at Thanksgiving for years and you're ready to break out of your rut. Or maybe you'll just enjoy watching Aunt Martha gag when you tell her, after dinner, what her two helpings of stuffing were made from. Either way, here are five real Thanksgiving stuffing ideas using highly questionable ingredients that are sure to get the dinner conversation rolling.

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Not pictured: good sense

Bacon.

The smoky, crispy siren/muse that inspires such devotion that inventors have created bacon-flavored mayonnaise, dental floss, breath mints, and even soda.  Is there anything it can't do?

Well, turns out there's definitely something it shouldn't do...

What should remain bacon-free?  How stupid is our government?  What's PETA's newest inane campaign?

We answer these questions--and more!--in a roundup of this week's weirdest food stories.

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With costumes, as with menus,it pays to choose wisely

​A Halloween costume can often be an extension of your personality. And for people who love to eat well, dressing up in some food-related outfit is a natural choice. But picking the right costume is fraught with peril. If you're clever and creative enough you could be the hit of the party, but make the wrong choice and you'll be broadcasting to the world that you're an idiot.

Yesterday we told you about some of our favorite Halloween costumes for food lovers. Here are five ridiculous costumes that are scary for all the wrong reasons.

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Wow, that looks... edible...

​We all know the feeling.

We're stumbling down the sidewalk, our heads swimming with the effects of Irish Car Bombs and whatever that shot that tasted like a Butterfinger was called, and as we wobble and sway, we think:

I could really go for a pizza right now--I mean I can't possibly wait more than three minutes, tops.  I wish there was a vending machine right here that sold hot pizza.

Well, dream no more, drunkards.  Our fantasy has become reality!

Pizza vending machines, the French start a vendetta against Heinz, and Snoop Dogg wants his own giant rutabaga.  All this and more in this week's weird food wrapup.

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He'd want us to remember him this way...

Last week, the nation was stunned to hear of the untimely demise of the widely reviled beloved mascot, The King.  His Shiny Plastic Highness was finally retired by Burger King ... but not before His Creepiness had a chance to taint every television viewer's image of BK.  Since his introduction, the King had united the nation in one giant 'WTF!?'  But he's not the first less-than-ideal mascot to be foisted on the public (and he probably won't be the last).  The Hot Dish has put together this list of the 10 worst "characters" used to hock munchies. From blatant racism to pedophilia to genetic mutations, these mascots make the King look like a genius idea.More >>

"We just want a small affair..."

​For those of you living under a rock, you may be surprised to learn that, this weekend, England's Prince William will marry and the world will have a new princess.

For most people who do not spend the majority of their free time watching reruns of Say Yes to the Dress, weddings of people we don't know that well are good for one thing and one thing only: food!

And so the Hot Dish presents some of the more, um, interesting stories about dishes, drinks, and desserts that wedding-crazy Anglophiles from around the globe have whipped up in honor of Will and Kate.

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