The Daily Dish: Spaghetti Doughnuts Are the Latest Food Hybrid Out of Brooklyn
Spaghetti Doughnuts: The Latest Food Hybrid
After the burger/burrito and the croissant/doughnut, one might have thought that the world of food hybrids was out of ideas. Now, however, the carb-loving geniuses at Brooklyn’s Pop Pasta have made a doughnut out of spaghetti. Pop Pasta invented the spaghetti doughnut by combining cooked spaghetti and sauce, then baking it in ring-shaped molds until firm and crispy. The spaghetti doughnuts are available in several flavors including classic red sauce, aglio e olio, Bolognese, and carbonara, with more flavors to come in the near future.
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Chrissy Teigen Manages Coconuts in New Vita Coco Ad
If you thought Chrissy Teigen was a jack of all trades, you haven’t seen anything yet. The model, mother, and cookbook author is adding “plant manager” to her resume with her role in Vita Coco’s newest ad. In the spot, Teigen’s fictional role involves keeping track of the “employees” — aka the coconut trees — through micromanaging and not leaving their side. Her character’s relaxed attitude embodies her personality in real life, which is what the company says drew it to having Teigen in the spot in the first place. “We wanted to create an iconic character — the plant manager — someone who could be in commercials in the future and across channels,” Chris Sojka, co-founder and chief creative officer of the ad agency Madwell, told Adweek.
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These Cake Slices Are Sold Floating Inside Balloons
Dominique Ansel, the cronut king, is well-known for his unusual sweets inventions.
People Are Waiting Three Hours for a Taste of This Ranch Dressing-Themed Restaurant
The people behind the Twisted Ranch restaurant in St. Louis, Missouri, really can’t get enough of the creamy, white dressing. At Twisted Ranch, you can order 27 different types of ranch dressing and have it slathered on top of any menu item. Ranch dressing flavors include "cheesy bacon” and "ruffalo," a roasted garlic buffalo sauce-blended ranch. After a popular video of the restaurant went viral, thanks to BuzzFeed, lines were out the door last weekend, with people waiting up to three hours for a table.
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