“It looks and tastes like an apple but has the skin and texture of a pear, and is a member of the pear family… Marks and Spencer says the fruit – dubbed a ‘papple’ – looks and tastes like an apple but has the skin and texture of a pear, and is a member of the pear family. It is being referred to as T109 until its official name is decided, a spokeswoman said. M&S fruit expert Shazad Rehman said: “This is one of the most exciting new varieties of fruit we have seen for several years. “We know our customers like to try new and interesting fruit and we hope this will be something they will really enjoy.” w/ photo

“Weighing more than two stone and crammed with over 40 different cuts of meat, this carnivore’s dream has been dubbed the world’s meatiest sandwich. The monster meat masterpiece took attentive chef Tristan Welch over four hours to create to mark the launch of reality TV programmer Man vs Food Nation on Food Network UK. Standing at a colossal 1.2ft high and spanning 24 inches wide, it’s estimated that it would take anyone hungry enough to take on the challenge over 10 hours to devour.” w/ photos

“Knock knock, who’s there? It’s the skins, let ‘em innnnnn. Delocated! started it’s third season this month on Adult Swim and it’s just as hilarious as ever. This week, Jon became obsessed with potato skins after buying a skins bar. He made all sorts of skins, Italian skins, Chinese skins, Greek skins, Mexican skins, but the one I was most interested in was the 6ft party skin. I’m sure the one on the show was just a prop, but I was instantly intrigued and excited to try and make one for real.” w/ photos + videos

“It always makes me happy when I can think of a new way to present the classic Italian flavors that I grew up with. I have had the idea to try and stuff rigatoni and make a baked dish that almost resembled mini cannelloni or manicotti for a very long time. The reason I haven’t made it was because I knew I needed to have the right person to help out and make this dish perfect. We finally got together this week, and the pasta came out great!” w/ photos

“With the world’s largest furniture fair about to begin, designers Ryosuke Fukusada and Rui Pereira ask “Do we still have an appetite for all this furniture?”… Using the same molding technique we created a new typology of object and at the same time a new tradition… “You can create your eatable living room and paint you furniture cakes with your favorite jams and toppings. In this way when the user gets full of his furniture he just eats it without creating disposals. And start all over again with a different recipe.” w/ photos

“What I love about wafflecakes is that they combine everything that I love about both pancakes and waffles while at the same time getting rid of everything I dislike. They’re crisp like waffles, you can butter them evenly and if you have a waffle cone maker you can make them in a minute and a half each without having to worry about flipping them! How awesome is that? If you’re fine with waffles and pancakes the way they are feel free to completely disregard this entire blog post, but from here on out I’m sticking with wafflecakes!” w/ photos

“Chocolate-lovers need look no further for a place to pay homage to their favorite treat after chocolatiers created a mouth-watering edible sculpture of an ancient Mayan temple. Chocolatiers have broken the world record for the largest chocolate sculpture after building a replica of the Kukulcan pyramid based in Chichen Itza in Mexico weighing an incredible 18,239lb – the equivalent of two adult elephants. It smashes the previous record for the world’s largest chocolate creation set in Italy in 2010 which weighed just 10,736.5lb. The mouth-watering six feet tall creation is 10ft by 10ft wide and took 400 hours for staff at Qzina Specialty Foods in Irvine, California, to make.” w/ photos

“The extravagant ice cream, listed as the Guinness Book of World Records’ most expensive dessert, costs a staggering $1000 and is covered in 23-carat gold leaf. So special is this sundae that customers eager to sample its delights must ring in their orders two days in advance to allow time for the rare ingredients to be flown in from around the world. According to Barcroft Media, around 50 people a year stop by to sample the unique flavour of the Opulence Sundae, often to mark special occasions such as anniversaries, graduation celebrations and sweet sixteen birthdays. Made from the finest Tahitian Vanilla ice cream infused with Madagascar Vanilla to intensify the flavor, the decadent dessert is then wrapped in edible gold leaf.” w/ photos

“Hi, I made this incredibly hard to eat dessert for you… good luck!” — kijijiallin

“A salty provision can really go a long way on a hot spring day in the city. Luckily I had these pretzels around my neck to keep me going… I attempted dog tags on the right but they didn’t exactly come out great, and the big circle was supposed to be some sort of a medallion. I need more patience. Also, if you can properly pronounce ‘pretzlaces’ after a few beers, you’re a better man than I.” w/ photos