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Food artist and self-taught baker, Vickie Liu, makes donuts and other sweet treats. And, her creations may be the most adorable desserts ever.
Liu, drawing from her love of pop culture, creativity, and kawaii, invents animals such as a unicorn-whale hybrid and recreates Star Wars and Winnie the Pooh characters.
Check out more below and over on Instagram.
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If you were ever wondering what the point of YouTube was, it was probably so we could watch Andy Warhol eat a Whopper on demand.
The video, at about four and a half minutes long, consists of nothing more than the artist unbagging the Whopper, pouring ketchup, and then stoically beginning his lunch. And, strangely, we cannot look away.
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Vera Wong is a talented illustrator with an obsession for pop-culture and potassium. Using a banana as her canvas, Wong transforms the fruit into various pop culture characters.
While paint and ink begin to give the banana some personality, the art really comes to life with the addition of paper and other props. Wong then peels open and eats every character, so there’s no food waste. Check out more below.
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These pop culture-inspired cookies, by artist Lindsey Gazel of Lindsey Bakes, demand to be eaten. Even if most of them are staring back at you with their adorable cartoon eyes.
From the Simpsons and Scooby-Doo, to Seinfeld and David Letterman — the cookies are colorful tributes to some of our favorites. Favorites that we would like in our belly right now. See more below and here.
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Kiwi fruits seem innocent enough… so little and fuzzy. However, all it takes is to reveal a little of their sweet green flesh, and the unassuming fruit reveals a secret identity.
As shown to us by Anthony Chidiac, I Revealed The Secret Identity Of Scheming Kiwi Fruits peels back the layers — transforming kiwis into minimalist versions of famous figures, such as Spider-Man, Hannibal, and Chuck Norris.
Check out more below and here.
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