Synopses & Reviews
Have your cake and laugh at it, too, with the sweet treat known as
Cake Wrecks: When Professional Cakes Go Hilariously Wrong. From the creator of the ultrapopular blog CakeWrecks.com, here are the worst cakes ever, including the ugly, the silly, the downright creepy, the unintentionally sad or suggestive, and the just plain funny. With witty commentary and behind-the-scenes tidbits,
Cake Wrecks will ensure that you never look at a cake the same way again.
Since May 2008, Jen Yates has been blogging about such confectionery calamities at her popular Web site CakeWrecks.com, winner of the 2008 Blogger's Choice Award for Best Humor Blog, and three 2009 Weblog awards (Bloggies) for Best Writing on a Blog, Best New Blog, and Best Food Blog. Yates now offers up this inspired photo collection with over 150 Cake Wrecks, including 75 percent never-before-seen content.
Review
"I haven't laughed so hard in ages." Mary Alice, from the Food Network's Ace of Cakes
Synopsis
From the creator of the ultrapopular blog CakeWrecks.com, here are the worst cakes ever, including the ugly, the silly, the downright creepy, the unintentionally sad or suggestive, and the just plain funny.
Synopsis
Presents pictures of and commentary on cakes with mistakes, organized into such categories as literary lols, beyond bizarre, and wedding wrecks.
Synopsis
The Best of the Worst Ah, those tacky trinkets that find their way into our suitcases and our hearts…
The Hugo Chavez action figure from a trip to Venezuela.
A bikini-clad plastic flamingo commemorating your favorite vacation to Miami Beach.
And those Mussolini boxer shorts to memorialize your visit to Italy.
Whether you have some of these items scattered on your shelves or you like to poke fun at those who do, this illustrated collection of tacky souvenirs is for anyone who appreciates the finer aspects of off-the-charts kitsch.
Synopsis
The Best of the Worst Ah, those tacky trinkets that find their way into our suitcases and our hearts…
The Hugo Chavez action figure from a trip to Venezuela.
A bikini-clad plastic flamingo commemorating your favorite vacation to Miami Beach.
And those Mussolini boxer shorts to memorialize your visit to Italy.
Whether you have some of these items scattered on your shelves or you like to poke fun at those who do, this illustrated collection of tacky souvenirs is for anyone who appreciates the finer aspects of off-the-charts kitsch.
About the Author
After working the copying machine at Late Night with David Letterman,
Spy Magazine, and
The New Yorker during college,
Doug Lanksy hit the road. He spent two and a half years working his way around the planet, after which he became America’s youngest nationally syndicated columnist. His weekly “Vagabond” column grew to reach more than 10 million readers in 40 major newspapers. Doug currently tours on the lecture circuit and contributes to E
squire, National Geographic Adventure, and other publications, while running his website, Signspotting.