Food Network pastry chef Bill Yosses unveils the world's largest candied apple at Bryant Park in New York on Oct. 19, 2006. The seasonal treat, which is made of 10,000 apples and 800 pounds of Splenda Sugar Blend for Baking, stands 15 feet tall.
Celebrity pastry chef Bill Yosses works on the world's largest candied apple, which is made of 10,000 apples and 800 pounds of Splenda Sugar Blend for Baking, at Bryant Park in New York on Oct. 19, 2006. For every apple used to create the giant structure, Splenda will donate $1 to City Harvest.
Celebrity pastry chef Bill Yosses works on the world's largest candied apple, which is made of 10,000 apples and 800 pounds of Splenda Sugar Blend for Baking, at New York's Bryant Park on Oct. 19, 2006. For every apple used to create the giant structure, Splenda is donating $1 to City Harvest.
Tackling Hunger
Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and his mother, Brenda, sit on a giant spoon scale as cans of Campbell's Chunky Soup are piled on the other end in Pittsburgh on Oct. 17, 2006. It took 348 cans of soup to balance the couple; those, combined with the 504 cans that it took to balance offensive lineman Max Starks and his mother, will be donated to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
Leaning Tower of Veggies
A Chinese man carefully inspects a produce display at the fourth Agricultural Trade Fair in Beijing on Oct. 17, 2006. China recently became the world's third-largest food aid donor in 2005, the same year it stopped receiving assistance from the World Food Program. The United States and the European Union remain the top two contributors.
Pie!
Rian Borntrager, 9, gets a mouthful of peanut butter pie while competing in the pie-eating contest at the Haven Fall Festival in Haven, Kan., on Oct. 14, 2006.
Barnum's Buffet
Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey circus elephants Luna, far left, Tonka and Asia, right, enjoy lunch along Hanover Street in Boston's North End on Oct. 13, 2006. The traditional fare included approximately 40 loaves of bread, 30 bunches of bananas, 30 pounds of apples, 20 heads of lettuce, 3 bushels of carrots and 10 watermelons.
Tomato Soup
An Israeli girl enjoys a pool of tomatoes during a tomato festival in the village of Yevul, next to the Egyptian border, on Oct. 12, 2006. The two-day annual tomato festival takes place during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
Record Chocolate
Alain Roby, foreground left, describes his 20-foot, 8-inch chocolate skyscraper that set a new Guinness World Record, in New York's FAO Schwarz toy store, as part of Food TV's "Guinness World Record Breakers Week" on Oct. 10, 2006. Roby, senior executive pastry chef of the Hyatt Regency Chicago, also holds a Guinness record for the tallest cooked sugar sculpture.
Alain Roby, senior executive pastry chef of the Hyatt Regency Chicago, checks his 20-foot, 8-inch chocolate skyscraper that set a new Guinness World Record, in New York's FAO Schwarz toy store on Oct. 10, 2006. The sculpture contains 2,285 pounds of chocolate and took more than 30 hours to build.
Alain Roby, center, senior executive pastry chef of the Hyatt Regency Chicago, describes his 20-foot, 8-inch chocolate skyscraper that set a new Guinness World Record, in New York's FAO Schwarz toy store on Oct. 10, 2006. The "tallest chocolate sculpture" is a new Guinness category. Roby also holds a Guinness record for the tallest cooked sugar sculpture.
Campaign Cookie
A fortune cookie from Wanfu Too reads "Vote Nov. 7 for Prop 4 Invest in Austin's Creative Economy." in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 9, 2006. Supporters of the bond proposal are trying to reach voters through Asian food restaurants by distributing a campaign message inside fortune cookies encouraging support for a $31.5 million bond proposal that would fund community and cultural facilities.
Big Birthday Cake
Young people wearing T-shirts with portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin and reading "Happy Birthday" decorate a huge cake marking the president's birthday in downtown Moscow, Oct. 7, 2006. President Vladimir Putin celebrated his 54th birhtday in St. Petersburg.
Bridal Bakewear
Baker Valentyn Shtefano and his bride Viktoriya show off her wedding gown, which Shtefano made out of flour, eggs, sugar and caramel in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod on Aug. 27, 2006. The edible dress, made of 1,500 cream puffs and weighing in at 20 pounds, took the 28-year-old baker two months to make.
Baker Valentyn Shtefano and his bride Viktoriya show off her wedding gown, which Shtefano made out of flour, eggs, sugar and caramel in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod on Aug. 27, 2006. The edible dress, made of 1,500 cream puffs and weighing in at 20 pounds, took the 28-year-old baker two months to make.