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malaise

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Sun Jan 15, 2012, 07:01 PM Jan 2012

Golden Globe Celebrities Will Dine On Gold As 50 Million Americans Face 'Food Insecurity' [View all]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/14/golden-globe-celebrities-dine-on-gold-as-americans-face-hunger_n_1206531.html
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Only the finest ingredients will used for the trio of chocolate delice almond crunch terrine with acacia honey, caramel, and fresh berries, executive pastry chef Thomas Henzi told Reuters -- the chocolate will be flown in from Switzerland, the acacia honey caramel will arrive from France, the Tarragon hazelnuts come from Italy, while Valencia almond paste from Spain.

"It's a rich dessert," said Henzi of his dish that will be sprinkled with 23-carat edible gold flakes and a white chocolate ball sprayed with gold dust.

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"there's gold in them thar porta-potties!" Schema Thing Jan 2012 #1
There are millions of people eating out tonight at fancy places.... Logical Jan 2012 #2
So you can not understand what's wrong with eating Gold? da_decider Jan 2012 #3
I work for a living, and I don't feel disrespected. Codeine Jan 2012 #5
I can agree with that. nt AverageJoe90 Jan 2012 #12
It is "in your face" over the top ostentatiousness... rfranklin Jan 2012 #15
It's a visual enhancement. nt oldhippie Jan 2012 #19
Sprinkling a little powdered sugar could have accomplished that, too... Crankie Avalon Jan 2012 #28
I work for a living andI can't understand what's wrong with eating gold. I do it about once a month. Synicus Maximus Jan 2012 #7
People eat all sorts of stuff I cannot afford...... Logical Jan 2012 #9
Well, if they eat in, they're still employing someone Zalatix Jan 2012 #11
Um, kind of misleading: that kind of gold is not expensive frazzled Jan 2012 #4
they aren't facing food insecurity because wealthy are eating this dessert JI7 Jan 2012 #6
I don't suppose they could have just donated the value of the gold to a homeless shelter... Crankie Avalon Jan 2012 #8
The value of the gold is probably far, far less than you assume. nt Codeine Jan 2012 #13
A couple hundred bucks would go a long way for a homeless shelter Capitalocracy Jan 2012 #17
The article in the link says it added up to $1,800 Crankie Avalon Jan 2012 #20
A lot of the Golden Globes ceremony is there for tacky ostentation muriel_volestrangler Jan 2012 #27
you wonder bdamomma Jan 2012 #10
Your right, most of the woman would look at dessert marlakay Jan 2012 #14
The carbon footprint of the dessert is obscene Politicub Jan 2012 #16
that's a great point dana_b Jan 2012 #21
Now THAT is an issue. Codeine Jan 2012 #25
Looks like a glorified Twinkie. nt Capitalocracy Jan 2012 #18
The price of this dessert is far greater than its cost Hippo_Tron Jan 2012 #22
Airline Bottle of Goldschlager Schnapps - $2.50 jberryhill Jan 2012 #23
Described to me as tasting "like cinnamon-flavored ass." nt Codeine Jan 2012 #24
I've never tried the cinnnamon flavored kind jberryhill Jan 2012 #26
The Incas once asked the Spanish conquistadors if they ate gold derby378 Jan 2012 #29
Does gold have any nutritive value? customerserviceguy Jan 2012 #30
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