Food

If you're someone who wants your kids to know more about food -- something we should all know more about -- you'll probably find a new app in development pretty interesting.

Taggie, the brainchild of recent Dutch design school graduate Niels van Hoof, uses your smartphone camera to scan a barcode of food items. It then launches a 3D augmented reality animation to give children a short, fun lesson about the food's origin, growth process, and different varieties.

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We suddenly became hungry -- and wanted a bigger paycheck -- after reading about wacky, overpriced foods like the $1,000 jam and the world's most expensive chocolate pudding. But this is far from the first time someone's had the bright idea to charge thousands of dollars for high-end victuals.

In fact, it's a weird sort of tradition in the food world, and after looking at a few of the more notable examples, we decided this would be the perfect time for a list. Grab your utensils, guard your wallet and take a look at some of the most opulent foodstuffs in the world.

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Martha Stewart is famous for using those unconventional methods in her cooking, but pepper spray seems a little too unconventional, even for her.

Before putting on her goggles, she says, "Here's a fabulous trick I learned over at UC Davis." Too soon, Martha. Too soon.

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Most of us will likely celebrate Thanksgiving this year with fare served in the traditional way. But one innovative chef has updated the classic holiday dinner by combining its elements to create something called a "Thanksgiving Plate Cakelette." Yum! 

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Recently, Congress made a controversial decision that was tantamount to declaring pizza a vegetable.

To bring clarity to the issue -- to who Congress is and to pizza's new categorization -- Jonathan Mann has written a short diddy.

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It looks like chipmunks are neck-in-neck with squirrels when it comes to liking peanuts. They're flexible mouths allow them to literally shove multiple nuts, almost the height of their own bodies, into their mouths at once.

See one of the glutenous little creatures perform the feat after the jump.

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Over in the UK, Chef Marc Guibert has set a record by creating the world's most expensive chocolate pudding, according to the World Records Academy. This isn't your run-of-the-mill Jell-O pudding cup.

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These cats noticed the open fridge and were on the cusp of the nirvana that is people food when something went wrong. Instead of continuing on their raid, the felines dealt with their fail by retreating back to their boring feed bowls, defeated.

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Military technology has given the public innovations such as the jet engine, the digital camera and the internet. Now, as Army scientists reinvent the MRE (Meal, Ready, Eat) ration that is given to soldiers, the military is pushing forward the concept of caffeinated meat.

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Is a cheeseburger or a corn dog appropriate early-morning fare for kids? Some Florida schools think so.

According to a report on 'Today,' Winter Park High School has begun serving lunch as early as 9:30 a.m. because, they say, students are starting their days as early as 5 a.m.

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