[Photograph: Gorilla Tango Novelty Meats Stock Photos.] If you're tired of traditional, tiny hot dogs, then Gorilla Tango Novelty Meats has the thing for you: the Big Hot Dog, or Big Ass Hot Dog. Considering that you have to slice it into patties to eat it—thus turning it into a sandwich—it's more of a massive bologna log than hot dog, but "Big Ass Bologna Log" just doesn't have the same ring to it as "Big Ass Hot Dog." At 16 inches long, four inches in diameter, and seven pounds, the hot dog provides 50 servings of processed meat trimmings for $39.95. Learn more about the Big Hot Dog by watching their handy infomercial. Related Hot Dog of the Week...
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[Photo: Serious Eats Flickr Pool] Called "The Ghosts of Cupcakes Past," these charming desserts from A Baked Creation are about as cute as Halloween gets. Learn how to make them here....
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[Flickr: diabetik] Wouldn't the world be better if all traffic cones just looked like candy corn? These were spotted in Washington D.C. by Flickr user diabetik. As a candy corn hater, I vote for more of these, less of the nasty Halloween triangles. [via DCist] Related Video: How Candy Corn is Made Cakespy: Homemade Candy Corn Candy Corn Knit Cap...
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[Flickr: emergencyfan2000] For some Halloween inspiration, here's a meat-covered skull made by emergencyfan2000. Get a cheap skull, slather on some cream cheese, apply a layer of thinly sliced, flesh-colored meats, shove some olives into the eye sockets, and you've got a creepy centerpiece for your Halloween party....
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[Photographs: Erin Zimmer] That's not just the back of any head. Can you guess who? Behold the matching face, after the jump....
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From left: Art Smith, Chris Lilly, Ted Lee. [Photograph: Erin Zimmer] As the New York City Wine & Food Festival's "Down South Up North" dinner wrapped up last night, three of the featured hosts circled up to tweet about the Southern food-filled evening. It all started when Ted Lee (@TheLeeBros) snapped a Twitpic of his chili crab on the menu. (His brother Matt, the other half of the Lee Bros. duo, was somewhere nearby feasting on the crustacean.) Chef Art Smith (@chefartsmith) jumped in to type: "The Chefs and Twitter!!xooxArt." And barbecue pitmaster Chris Lilly of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q in Alabama just played along. He doesn't actually have a Twitter account....
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[Flickr: Khaz] "Life-size jellybean children and butterflies," said my friend while we walked past The National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia. My first thought: Huh? And then I looked up to see that he was just reading off the banner outside the museum. We didn't go in the museum to witness the jellybean children for ourselves, but I found this photo from Flickr user khaz to get a closer look at the installation by artist Sandy Skoglund. There are mirrors on both sides to create the illusion of neverending jellybean children whose heads are twisted 180°. They just go on. Forever. (Skoglund also made jellybean adults in her photograph Shimmering Madness viewable at sandyskoglund.com.) Related Amazing Chewing Gum Art Creative...
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[Photograph: Darius A Monsef IV] We've seen rainbow cakes before, but not one quite like this epic 28-layer cake. Darius says his mom and girlfriend made it for him for his 28th birthday. That's love. Related Epic Rainbow Cake of Nom Rainbow Cake Layers Rainbow Cake Rainbow Carrot Cake...
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[Flickr: maggiephotos] Maggie of Pithy and Cleaver shares her staple end-of-summer recipe for Southwestern Salad with Chili-Lime Vinaigrette made of corn, black beans, tomatoes, tomatillos, cucumber, onion, and Mexican cheese. More main course creative salads can be found in Main-Course Salads by Ray Overton. Related Eat for Eight Bucks: Best-Ever Salad for Leftover Meats Meat Lite: Buttermilk Bacon Corn Salad Tomatoes Dinner Tonight: Peach Caprese Salad...
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[Photograph: Rodney Chow ] Noodles are a beautiful thing—watching them being made, even more so. This photo from Rodzillaaaaa on Flickr captures the art of whipping hand-pull noodles in mid-flight....
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