World's Largest Ice Cream Cone

Have you ever secretly to take home those GIANT ice cream cone decoration in front of some old fashion ice cream shops home?  (I did, just like the girl in the picture above).  But wait, they are just a big piece of plastic "pretended" as a big yummy ice cream cone.  I don't need more junks in my garage for no reason.

How about if the ice cream cone is a real one?  Will you take home with you in this hot summer?   British chef Heston Blumenthal made my fantasy come true. He and his team served up the world's largest ice cream cone last weekend as hungry throngs looked on. The giant vanilla scoop (weighed 2,204 pounds); and it took a month to freeze -- was placed on top of a massive cone via forklift. At 13 feet tall, the colossal creamy treat, created using donated ice cream and filmed for TV, set a new world record, besting a 9-foot cone that had set a record in Italy last year. The ice cream was distributed to the masses, but sadly they had to eat it plain because the sauces and sprinkles that had been catapulted onto it didn't stick. IMPRESSIVE!  However, some food lovers complained that wasting food and labors for promoting a TV show is such a stupid idea.

Food is fake, but art is real.

Peter Anton (born 1963 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American artist and sculptor. His primary subject matter is food with an emphasis on chocolates and other sweets. He creates giant realistic sculptures and is best known for his "bigger than life" boxed chocolates.

Anton treats his food artworks very seriously.  His beginning process of creating his artworks is to eat, smell, feel, study and dissect a new food over and over again in order to hyper-familiarize himself with the new subject. He then begins the long and tedious process of sculpting, carving, sanding, painting, and construction of his mixed media works.

I am sure his artworks could certainly fool you when you first look at it.  Even just looking at the pictures, I really want to lick the box of donuts or touch the giant ice cream.  However, his artworks has bigger meanings than just being looking real. Anton emphasizes:

In my sculptures I like to alter and overstate foods to give them new meanings. I have an innate reverence for the things we eat. Food brings people together and there is no better way to celebrate life. Through the use of humor, scale, irony, and intensity in my forms, the foods we take for granted become aesthetically pleasing and seductive in atypical ways. I like to create art that can lure, charm, tease, disarm and surprise. My sculptures put viewers in a vulnerable state so that I can communicate with their inner selves in a more honest and direct way. I activate the hunger people have for the things that give them pleasure and force them to surrender. The sensual nature of the works stimulates basic human needs and desires that generate cravings and passion. 

Giant Cupcake Liner

These giant cupcake liners are so adorable and functional.  Check them out.

The Bigger The Better...Cupcake

When Nicole Richie and Kim Kardashian left Paris Hilton, she met this new giant cupcake, and she could become her new best friend because she is lower maintance than Nicole and Kim, and also they are less famous than them.  But for sure, she attracted as much attention as Nicole, Kim and Paris all three combined together.  LOL!  Just kiding.

We often hear American said "The Bigger The Better"...hey hey hey, I am talking about cupcake.  Found this GIANT CUPCAKE online and would love to share the picture with everyone.

Location: Detroit, Michigan

Date: August 15, 2009

Cupcake measurements: 4 feet tall and 11 feet in diameter

Make way for the newly crowned "queen cupcake"! The cupcake, baked by the Merengue Bakery in California, has earned the title of World’s Largest Cupcake in the Guinness Book of World Records. With the help of GourmetGiftBaskets.com, the confection was able to earn the prestigious title of "queen" as it was decorated pink in support of the Susan G. Komen foundation, a leading organization in the fight against breast cancer.

But wait, the GIANT cupcake above is no longer the largest one anymore.  Because in October 2009, a new giant cupcake was created by Passion for Pastry in Boca Raton, Fla.

Location: Boca Raton, Fla

Date: October 3, 2009

Cupcake weight:  1,316 pounds

The Bigger The Better!

In America, people has this theory "The Bigger The Better".  I found the largest gummy worm and gummy bear in the world on Vat 19 website.  Hey, Christmas is around the corner, these may make your kids the best Christmas gift they ever received!

The World's Largest Gummy Worm is 128 times more massive than a traditional gummy worm. Measuring twenty-six inches long and weighing in at approximately 3 pounds, the World's Largest Gummy Worm is the most delicious 4,000-calorie candy worm in existence.

The Giant Gummy Bear on a stick is 88 times larger than a standard gummy bear. Each Giant Gummy Bear weighs half a pound and comes on a stick for easy, mess-free snacking.

This five-pound beast is the equivalent of 1,400 regular sized gummy bears and

packs a whopping 6,120 calories.