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World’s Most Expensive Cereal

March 22, 2010

The most expensive cereal in the world isn’t available in stores. In fact, there’s not enough to fill a whole cereal box—after all, there’s only one “Great Illinois Corn Flake.” The corn flake was discovered in 2008 by a 15-year-old in Chesapeake who, likely unaware of the monumental importance of her discovery, noted that it [...]

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Most Expensive Cheese

March 18, 2010

Cheese is probably the most popular dairy product in the world, a food that predates written history. In 2004 alone, over 18 million metric tons of cheese were produced worldwide. The world’s most expensive cheeses, however, are a little harder to come by. One expensive cheese is only produced at one farm and at a [...]

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Most Expensive Bottled Water

March 16, 2010

by Hunter Davis and Jeremy Harris Bottled water is big business–I mean, really big. In less than ten years, bottled water consumption has doubled, with prices about 100 times that of tap water. Whether you think bottled water is healthier or it tastes better, or even if you happily drink tap water, it’s clear that [...]

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World’s Most Expensive Ramen

February 23, 2010

If you’ve never been to a restaurant that serves genuine ramen, you’re likely to think of ramen as the cheapest of all foods—a brick of instant noodles accompanied by a sodium-rich flavor packet, all for about twenty-five cents. It shouldn’t be too surprising, however, that the most expensive ramen in the world is something completely [...]

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World’s Most Expensive Taco

February 17, 2010

Tacos are undoubtedly one of the cheaper foods in life, but that doesn’t mean they can’t get the Most Expensive treatment. All you have to do is add gold and diamonds and voila—you have the most expensive taco in the world. In this case, the “gold and diamonds” were actually hunks of filet mignon. Offered [...]

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World’s Most Expensive Hot Sauce

November 30, 2009

To the rest of us, hot sauce aficionados may seem a little crazy. The hottest of sauces may seem like bottled pain to us, but to them it’s a delectable condiment. Luckily for us, the most expensive hot sauce in the world isn’t one of those. Cackalacky Spice Sauce is rated fewer than 1,000 units [...]

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World’s Most Expensive Gin

November 23, 2009

Gin is made by flavoring pure grain alcohol with juniper berries and other natural flavors. While it hasn’t been as popular in mixed drinks as vodka, gin has made something of a comeback in recent years. It’s no surprise, then, that the most expensive gin bottle in the world was produced in 2008. Bombay Spirits [...]

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World’s Most Expensive Chickens

November 12, 2009

Chicken is often one of the cheaper meats at the grocery store, but you can still pay a premium price for the poultry if you try hard enough. Bresse chickens, from their namesake area in France, are valued for their gamey flavor and tender flesh while Silkie chickens are valued as show chickens for their [...]

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World’s Most Expensive Breakfast

October 7, 2009

A West End stage production of Breakfast at Tiffany’s, featuring Anna Friel in Audrey Hepburn’s iconic role, has opened this month and Chambord has crafted the most expensive breakfast in the world to mark the occasion. Chambord, known for their black raspberry liqueur, has combined the culinary arts and the jeweler’s craft with a croissant [...]

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Most Expensive Potato

July 27, 2009

It’s not just the world’s most expensive potato; it’s one of the world’s five most expensive foods. It’s called La Bonnotte and it grows only on the French Isle of Noirmoutier. The costly tuber owes its price to the fact that it must be harvested by hand and that its growing season lasts a mere [...]

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Most Expensive Bread

July 6, 2009

Harrods, London’s premier department store, now carries a most luxurious loaf. Britain’s most expensive bread and, if you believe some of the hype surrounding it, the most expensive bread in the world, the Roquefort and Almond sourdough is created with some of the finest ingredients money can buy. Master baker Paul Hollywood, creator of the [...]

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Most Expensive French Fry

June 29, 2009

In 2005, a couple named Mike and Liz started a blog about a special french fry they’d found at McDonald’s. The fry, which they had dubbed the Lincoln Fry, featured a near perfect profile of the sixteenth president as seen on the common penny. It was also seen in an “amateur” commercial during that year’s [...]

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Most Expensive Mushroom

June 10, 2009

Some may have you believe that the world’s most expensive mushroom is the white truffle. While that rare fungus is truly expensive, it lacks one important quality—it’s not a freakin’ mushroom. Now that we’ve cleared that up, Japan’s matsutake mushroom can take its place as the most expensive mushroom in the world. The matsutake, or [...]

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Most Expensive Macaroni and Cheese

June 6, 2009

It’s only available at MÃ©lisse in Santa Monica, CA and even then only between October and December. It’s the most expensive macaroni and cheese in the world and it’s a far cry from Velveeta Shells and Cheese. The decadent dish is just one example of Chef Josiah Citrin’s cuisine, blend of traditional French and modern [...]

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Most Expensive Curry

June 2, 2009

An Indian restaurant in London is celebrating the DVD release of Slumdog Millionaire in its own, special way. It’s called Samundari Khazana—“seafood treasure”—and, at £2,000, it’s the most expensive curry in the world. Bombay Brassiere has packed this platter full of the most expensive ingredients they could find. Devon crab and white truffle and a [...]

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Most Expensive Irish Whiskey

April 2, 2009

When the heir of the Persse family estate, including the Nun’s Island Distillery in Galway, Ireland, decided to pursue racehorse training instead of continuing the family business, he probably didn’t realize he was creating what may be the world’s most expensive Irish whiskey—that is, if anyone ever buys it. According to whisky seller Ken Thomas’ [...]

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Most Expensive Canadian Whisky

March 31, 2009

Canadian rye whisky doesn’t quite have the prestige of its Scotch cousin, but it still has its moments. One such moment happened at the 2007 Kentucky Derby, when the attending Queen Elizabeth II was presented with the world’s most expensive Canadian whisky. “Canadian whisky” refers to any whisky that is mashed, distilled and aged at [...]

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Most Expensive Bourbon Whiskey

March 30, 2009

Bourbon whiskey, like Champagne, is named after the region from which it comes—Bourbon, Kentucky. Unlike Champagne, however, Bourbon’s production isn’t limited to its home region. While it is still made primarily in Kentucky, Bourbon can be distilled anywhere in the US. Currently, the most expensive Bourbon is the 16 year old A. H. Hirsch Reserve. [...]

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Most Expensive Chewing Gum

March 2, 2009

If anyone ever offered you “ABC” gum in elementary school, then you’ve probably had the distinctly repulsive experience of holding a sopping wet piece of Already Been Chewed bubble gum. Would you believe that the world’s most expensive bubble gum is exactly that? The expensive chewing gum was part of a minor eBay trend in [...]

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Most Expensive Pancakes

February 2, 2009

The Tuesday before Lent has come to be known by many names over the years—names such as Shrove Tuesday, Fat Tuesday or, as it’s known by most in the US, Mardi Gras. Of course, the holiday’s most important name, as far as we’re concerned, is Pancake Day. That’s why Opus in the Printworks, a restaurant [...]

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Most Expensive Wedding Cake

November 11, 2008

The world’s most expensive cake may look tasty, but was it? If this glitzy wedding cake’s creators are to be believed, no one ever knew. Unveiled in 2006 at the Luxury Bridal Show on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, the expensive cake was created by cake designers Nahid La Patisserie Artistique along with jewelers Mimi [...]

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Most Expensive Grapes

October 6, 2008

Wines made in the Bordeaux region of France have a wide range of quality, from table wine to some of the most expensive wines in the world. Of course, fine wine doesn’t just fall out of the sky—which is where the world’s most expensive grapes come in. Called Premier Grand Cru—the “best of the first [...]

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Most Expensive Cantaloupe

August 10, 2008

Yubari melons Have you ever considered melons to be luxury items? Perhaps you should have. After all, a pair of cantaloupes just sold for quite a hefty sum in Japan’s Sapporo City Central Wholesale Markets. The world’s most expensive cantaloupes are a pair of Yubari melons and were the first auction of the 2008 season. [...]

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Most Expensive Big Mac

July 13, 2008

In 1986, The Economist published a humorous attempt to quantify the purchasing power of different currencies. The article was so successful that they’ve published a new survey every year since the original was published. It’s called the Big Mac Index and, for our purposes, the most important thing it can tell us is where to [...]

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Most Expensive Champagne Glasses

June 23, 2008

Fine champagne needs an equally fine glass. It follows, then, that drinking the most expensive champagne requires the most expensive champagne glass. Enter John Calleija, designer of a pair of champagne glasses sure to put any others to shame. Adorned with 1,700 diamonds—both white and a rare argyle pink—these glasses were hand carved from a [...]

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