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15 Exotic Pastries and Donuts from Around the World (w/Pics) (295 diggs) Pastries and donuts have a long and delicious history. From filo dough to jelly bean curd, people have been concocting all sorts of titilating treats out of flour, butter, sugar and pure inspiration. Here are 15 weird and exotic pastries from around the world.

Marijuana Milkshake Celebration & Bhang Your Head! (351 diggs) They're getting that old time religion in northern India, as the annual Holi festival, an extravagant Hindu spring celebration of colors, is observed with potent marijuana milkshakes. Factor in that practically everybody involved is high as a freakin' kite, and got-DANG if that doesn't sound exactly like my kind of party.

Five Curious Food Inventions You've Never Heard Of (242 diggs) From a 3D food printer to growing plants suspended in mid-air, the future of food is already here.

It's Shamrock Shake Time! (197 diggs) Now that we’re well into March, Shamrock shakes are popping up all over the country. A little history of the delightful shake, plus a graphic showing the full spectrum of all McDonald's milkshakes.

Benefits of Coffee: A Cup a Day May Keep The Doctor Away (300 diggs) Cant start your day without a cup of coffee? Told it would stunt your growth? Now it seems that drinking coffee has a number of surprising health benefits.

10 Taste-Tested Irish Breakfasts for St.Patrick's Day [PICS] (385 diggs) Kiss me om nom nom Irish!

How to Cook Dinner Using a Dishwasher (377 diggs) Stove broken? No problem, whip up a near gourmet meal with your dishwasher, simple ingredients and foil.

10 of the Worst Foods You Could Eat (Over 200g of Fat) (437 diggs) In this post, I wrap up the the Top 10 Fast Food Series with the worst foods to eat. You should definitely avoid these foods at all cost unless you are trying to become a Sumo wrestler.

Awesome Windowfarms Project (413 diggs)

Dinner is Served, But We Can't Tell You Where (239 diggs) Clandestine kitchens are a growing phenomenon in the United States, as supper clubs shun pomp, circumstance and plebian steak dinners in favor of more-offbeat dining experiences.

MisFortune Cookies (542 diggs) I think China's trying to send us a message...

Colbert Warns of Contaminated Pringles (Video) (501 diggs) On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen covered the Pringles recall that's rocking the nation. Evidently, two flavors of Pringles are being pulled from the shelves, because they may be tainted with salmonella.

Authorities Move Against Sushi Bar for Serving Whale Meat (317 diggs) Investigation by The Cove filmmaker Charles Hambleton leads to allegations that a sushi hotspot has been serving whale meat.

Five Alternative Uses for a Twinkie (Pics) (203 diggs) The original uses being, of course, the clogging of major arteries and the causing of orgasms in your mouth. There's the "Twinkie stuffed hot dog" and yes, the vegan Twinkie. Delicious.

Check Out The Secret McMenu Item In SF: The Mc10:35 (391 diggs) Peter has stumbled upon a McDonald's secret menu item that can only be ordered during the changeover from breakfast to the standard menu. The Mc10:35 is the unholy but oh-so-hot union between the McDouble and Egg McMuffin.

Stumptown Coffee Roasters: the new Starbucks? (244 diggs) Coffee aficionados have been asking the question: Is Stumptown Coffee Roasters of Portland, Ore. — the most conspicuous exponent of coffee's "third wave" — the new Starbucks? In cities across America, a fervid generation of caffeine evangelists is changing the way we drink coffee.

Ban on sugary drinks in school appears to work (461 diggs) An initiative to get sugary drinks out of U.S. schools has begun to work, with diet beverages and smaller portions replacing some full-size, full-calorie varieties in school vending machines, organizers said on Monday.

Zit Poppers (PIC) (313 diggs)

Bacon Rocket [Video] (354 diggs) nom nom nom

Six Breakfasts Around The World That Defy Gravity (272 diggs) Hamburg based photographerOliver Schwarzwald has an eye for the most important meal of the day. His series "Breakfast" depicts common breakfasts in six different countries.

Baked Goods Outlawed at Bake Sales (496 diggs) New York City schools say no to zucchini bread but yes to Doritos for fundraising.

REPORT: Wine doesn't make women fat (345 diggs) A report, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine says women who drink wine are actually less likely to gain weight than those who are teetotal, according to a new report. The more women drank the less weight they gained. Those who drank red wine gained the least weight with greater weight gain associated with beer and spirits.

Seriously? Chef Creates Cheese from His Wife's Breast Milk (393 diggs) This is possibly where locavore enthusiasm, a preference for humane dairy products, and the blurry mind state that too many sleepless nights as a new parent intersect — but who am I to judge? The chef calls his creation Mommy’s Milk Cheese. WTF...

15 Awesome Food Sculptures (364 diggs) When it comes to art, there is no limit to what someone will use as an ingredient to their artwork. Here are our top favorite food sculptures that we’ve found across the interwebs. The food sculptures vary from cheese, watermelon, potato chips, chocolate, cake, and many other things you would normally eat if it wasn’t crafted so well.

Playboy Starts Recommending Pizza (252 diggs) Long known as an intellectual repository for thoughtful and well-reasoned food criticism, Playboy this month has, at long last, weighed in on the â��who got da best pizzaâ�� debate. Maybe people really do read Playboy for the articles.