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Sprinkles Cupcakes, the icing on the cake

Sprinkles Cupcakes are hardly a secret — and with good reason. Uncomplicated, delectable, and pure, Sprinkles tempts even health-obsessed Los Angelinos to wait on long lines for the tiny treats. Whipped up from scratch throughout the day using only the best natural ingredients, these desserts are seriously delicious. Whether you go for simple dark chocolate or strawberry, or experiment with a chai latte or lemon coconut, Sprinkles exceeds any expectations one might have for a cupcake. And now on until tomorrow, check out their ode to St. Patrick’s Day. If the red velvet cakes colored green are not your thing, try the Irish Chocolate — dark Belgian chocolate cake topped with Bailey’s Irish cream cheese frosting. Creamy icing delivers sweet, intense flavor softened by cool, moist, subtle cake. Matched with cold milk or hot tea, don’t be surprised if you fall off your chair — or stool as it were. The flagship Beverly Hills boutique is a simple, pure space, flooded with natural light and accented by touches of playfulness. Designed by architect Andrea Lenardin, the shop is intended to reflect Sprinkles philosophy of clean, uncomplicated products.

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One Ring Zero’s Recipe Project

What happens when you put your favorite recipe to song? Well, Brooklyn-based band One Ring Zero set on a mission to find out. The result? One Ring Zero’s Recipe Project: a compilation of recipes by the band’s favorite chefs sung out verbatim and set to the chef’s musical styling of choice. Read more

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A dash of style with Adler salt & pepper shakers

Inspired by the already fabulous Jonathan Adler designs, these irresistible salt and pepper shakers add the perfect dash of style to any kitchen. The recently released chic shakers come in well-executed, creative shapes like whales, penguins, and Adler’s iconic fish. All are lovingly packaged in bright, inspired boxes, making them an overall sophisticated yet playful addition to your table.

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Drip Maple Syrup

Throw out that notion of kitschy maple syrup bottles shaped as log cabins. Canadians now have Drip: a fresh, simple design that was handled with purity and thought, reflecting the product within. These luxury-inspired bottles, reminiscent of old school medicine jars, boast copy that echoes Drip’s concept — delicate, straightforward, delicious syrup. The bottles and its sweet contents are both worth heading north for, so bring on the pancakes.

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Astralis said | 19 March, 2009

There’s no need to stand in long lines. There are many copycat places like this AND you can easily make these at home. Besides the cake batter and ingredients (which are fairly simple to make, like any cake), the most important element of the cupcakes is the rich butter icing that sets these apart from other treats and why people will wait in line (and the lack of guilt from such a “small” cake). Look up recipe for butter icing (probably not the correct gastronomical term) to make at home and enjoy!

jopa said | 25 March, 2009

Falafels in Paris. Is it street food accepted by all or only a select few? Nice find!!! The article is not rare but well done!

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I’m in love with interior decoration designer Jonathan Adler’s Druggist Pottery collection. It is so old school, but new school, yet edgy. They’re on sale at the moment, so I just purchased a white Anger Jar. I live in New York, so I tend to have a lot of … errr … emotion to store in there.


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As part of the Robin Hood Foundation, a charity organization whose mission it is to fight poverty in New York City, Lost At E Minor contributor and in-demand illustrator in her own right, Yuko Shimizu — in collaboration with designer Stefan Sagmeister — recently completed an eleven panel mural at PS96 in The Bronx. Read more

One Last Ounce is an experimental project exploring surreal imagery on an abstract cut. Says designer Jake Jelicich on his creative rationale: ‘I wanted to make thin, unique, comfortable tees that flowed and moved with the night. And I wanted the art to be dark, but sarcastic, mystical and inspiring, all in the same glance. These shirts are about long nights with good friends, being spontaneous, and letting the street lights guide you home’. Read more


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Jell-O! Liz Hickok’s latest artworks are based on a colourful, wobbly, mini San Francisco. Read more

Writer Warren Ellis and artist Paul Duffield have teamed up for a pretty stunning, albeit mildly cliched webcomic about mysterious survivors in a post-apocalyptic London submerged in water.

The Deal sisters have dropped off the indie-rock radar of late, but this clip of them covering Hank Williams’ I Can’t Help It reminds us why we all loved them so much back in the day. Incidentally, the Breeders are set to release their new album, Mountain Battles, in April.

Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs are primarily remembered for the song Wooly Bully, but I’ve been incessantly listening to Little Red Riding Hood. As a metalhead, any song that features howling makes me happy.

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Man-Tsun’s painterly images

Hong Kong-based illustrator Man-Tsun draws dark and beautiful painterly images that look like they are straight off a high-end Japanese animated film. Read more

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Creative advertising packaging

Despite the intentions of many, it’s not so often that advertising — as an industry — truly thinks outside the box. Yet, when executed well, clever eye-catching advertising actually works. It does. As these examples will attest to. Read more

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Magic Dots

Wheeeeee! This game is so freaking fun! You move your cursor over each dot to make them split into four smaller dots ad infinitum.

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Amazing cake designs by Charm City Cakes

Baltimore company Charm City Cakes produces the most innovative wedding and party cakes on the market. Inspiration for these creative bakers comes from everywhere: art, fabric, furniture, architecture, landscapes, science, and music, and each cake is individually designed to match your personality, and the theme of the occasion you are celebrating. Don’t miss these cakey engineering masterpieces. Read more

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T-post: the world’s first wearable magazine

So here’s the scoop. Every six weeks, T-post subscribers get a new t shirt issue in the mail, with a news story on the inside and an artist interpretation of that story on the front. Yes, we agree. It’s clever, clever. Read more


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Thanks to Sony Australia, four Lost At E Minor readers will win personal audio prizes, including the new 8GB Walkman S series video MP3 player and the MDRXB500 Extra Bass headphones. Read more

Fourth is King make limited edition unisex t-shirts, printed on 50 percent polyester and 50 percent cotton construction, with custom embroidered tag on the left sleeve. Read more

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