Pizza is pretty universal, but it varies from place to place. People will argue all day about pineapple pizza, which was developed not in Hawaii, but in Canada, which caused a small kerfuffle in that nation when President Guðni Jóhannesson of Iceland dissed pineapple pizza.

President Guoni Johannesson recently told a group of high school students during a Q&A that he was fundamentally opposed to pineapple on pizza — and that's not all. He went on to say if he could, he would ban pineapple as a pizza topping.

Johannesson clearly did not know his opinion would offend or even make the news. He responded on Facebook.

I like pineapples, just not on pizza. I do not have the power to make laws which forbid people to put pineapples on their pizza. I am glad that I do not hold such power. Presidents should not have unlimited power. I would not want to hold this position if I could pass laws forbidding that which I don´t like. I would not want to live in such a country. For pizzas, I recommend seafood.

Seafood? It's not all that uncommon on European pizzas, although it was pointed out that "fiskmeti" should have been translated as "fish" instead of seafood. Fish pizza? Like anchovies? Everyone has their own tastes. In Sweden, they use all kinds of fruit and other pizza toppings an American wouldn't consider. -via Metafilter

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Pedagiggle made a birthday cake for four-year-old Ilyas with a space theme. She wanted to convey the idea of outer space inside the cake as well as the decorated outside, so she created a solar system for the interior. According to the posted instructions, she made the planets by baking cake pop orbs first, then she embedded them in a marble cake with the appropriate food coloring. She also made rocket cookies and Star Wars cookies. That had to be some birthday party! -via reddit

One of the greatest awards a restaurant can earn is a Michelin star, but in the case of Bourges' Bouche à Oreille, the award was a real surprise -largely because the restuarant is simply a small neighborhood diner. While the diner is good, it's by no means a gourmet, Michelin-star-level establishment. 

As it turns out the star was awarded by mistake as there was a mix up between the Bouche à Oreille in Bourges and the Bouche à Oreille in nearby Boutervilliers. The error was fixed after two days, but during that short period, the little greasy spoon was swamped with diners looking for the next great Michelin restaurant.

You can read most about the poor little diner and the fancy restaurant nearby over at Telegraph.

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On Sundays, Cake Wrecks showcases realy beautiful cakes to balance out the wrecks of the rest of the week, and this week's subject is unicorns. How do you make a unicorn cake? The main requirements are rainbows, gold, eyelashes, and a horn, at least according to the roundup of lovely unicorn cakes. Oh yeah, it helps if you have a little talent for food artistry. Those unicorns are even cuter in multiples, as these cake pops from Just Add Sugar make clear. Sweet!  

PS: Cake Wrecks also posted a collection showing how NOT to make a unicorn cake a few years back.

Donuts are beautiful things, but sometimes you want the satisfying, high-cholesterol goodness of cheese. For the times that you want a carb-heavy donut and cheesy deliciousness, consider a Mac n' Cheetos donut like this one from the geniuses at HellthyJunkFood.

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The creation might not technically be a donut, but it sure has that classic shape we all love and it more importantly combines everything you love about macaroni and cheese with fabulously artificial Cheetos flavor.

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For me the donut will always be king, but some strange people prefer to bow down to lord bagel in the morning rather than praising the hole-y king of all baked goods.

And now this infiltrator is trying to pass itself off as a sweet breakfast treat, the bagel bringing his best friend the cream cheese schmear along for the ride.

Whether you're a fan of the classic donut monarchy or you're one of those savory sweet upstarts you'll appreciate this Buttersafe comic because both sides lose to the mighty god Java!

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This bagel seems created only to infuriate those who lay eyes on it. Creator Mike Bibgy's caption further proves that it is designed solely to troll people: "Ahh the classic baggel! RT if u love 2 eat bangles!"

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"Going to the chapel and we're gonna eat chalupaaaaas" -I guess that's how the new song is going to go now that Taco Bell's new Las Vegas location is offering a full service wedding package. Starting in the summer, people can order a $600 wedding bundle right off the menu that will include a ceremony on the restaurant's second floor which can accommodate up to 15 guests. The package comes with branded merch like champagne glasses, tees, a bow tie, a garter belt and a bouquet made from hot sauce packets. And, of course, they'll cater the affair with a 12 pack of tacos and a Cinnabon Delights cake.

I guess that's one way to think outside the bun.

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Few things are more obnoxious than a nosy neighbor -especially when that neighbor passively aggressively tells you not to smoke cigars when you could be viewed by children. Even when the person in question is a juvenile and it would be illegal for them to smoke cigars (or marijuana, which it seems like the neighbor is actually hinting at), it's not the business of their neighbor.

That passive aggressiveness is particularly terrible when the "cigar" in question is actually a taquito. Surprisingly, the teen, Sarah Holder, actually holds no ill will towards her meddlesome neighbor, but instead said “I feel bad because in my opinion [my neighbour] is crazy nice and I get where she’s coming from." 

Well, at least some people don't get so annoyed by their neighbor's nosiness. Buzzfeed promises to keep the world updated if the neighbor actually responds.

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It's Valentines Day, and couples will be flooding restaurants tonight for the start of a romantic date. And nothing says love like scoring a thrifty two-for-one deal. Yeah, right. Well, married couples know that when one saves money, the other saves money, too, so you might want to be aware of the special deals that are available today. For example,    

If you go into Qdoba on Valentine’s Day you can get a free entrée when you order one entrée. There is a catch. In order to get this offer, you have to kiss someone at the register. Also, to be on the safe side, you should probably kiss your significant other (or at least someone you know).

I wonder if kissing one's mother or child counts. Check out a list of Valentines Day restaurant deals from Red Robin, Papa John's, Hooters, and more at Uproxx.

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What you see here is a Valentine dinner from the 1971 booklet 401 Party and Holiday Ideas from Alcoa. The recipes are about what you'd expect from a marketing company of the era. What is presented between the silverware is Jellied Ham Salad, which contains lemon-flavored gelatin, vinegar, mayonnaise, pimiento, horseradish, ham, and other abominations. You can see the recipe for the salad and the instructions for making your own heart-shaped cake pan and cake stand out of aluminum foil at Granny Pantries. The blog, which has the tagline "A place to appreciate the horrors of vintage cookbooks," also gives us a Valentine recipe for Two-in-One Valentine Salad, where you serve chicken salad in little hearts made of gelatin and tomato juice. Happy Valentines day! -via Everlasting Blort 

Douee went on a Disney cruise. After dinner, the waiter asked what they wanted for dessert. Douee said, "Nothing," and that's exactly what he got. Even "nothing" comes with flair! From the discussion under the picture, it turns out that Disney does this all the time on their cruises. Also, if you ask for "the same thing" after someone else orders, you might get a plate that says just that, before you get your real dessert. -via reddit

Ever since the Cuban government expanded private enterprise in 2010 and legalized small and medium-sized businesses in 2016, people all over Cuba have been coming up with clever ways to make a buck.

Since most of these businesses involve creating and/or selling wares out of an individual's home budding entrepreneurs have to come up with creative ways to deliver products to their customers.

At A Mi Manera pizzeria creative delivery involves "flying pizzas", because owner Marta Castaeda cooks the pizzas on the roof of her apartment building and sends them "flying" down on a rope.

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This Great Big Story video showcases the neighborhood success story of A Mi Manera pizzeria, a shining example of the entrepreneurial spirit sweeping through Cuba.

Roses are nice, but they're really only there for looks. On the other hand, you can eat donuts on a stick! Or burgers on a stick! Or chicken nuggets on a stick! All the junk food on a stick! With a Valentines Day gift like this, we could eat ourselves sick. -via Buzzfeed

Fast food chains serve up familiar food that rarely changes much, and when people get bored of eating the same old menu items they hack the menu- and share their creations on the internet.

This is exactly what the internet community wants and needs, so they encourage people to play Dr. Foodenstein and create new monster hacks- and the world of fast food is a scarier place because of it.

Sickening creations like the Saucy Buns from McDonald's (practically every sauce available on a bun) and the Protein Shake from Dunkin Donuts (bacon, eggs, coffee, sausage and cheese blended into a smoothie) are hacks gone wrong.

So who could possibly bring themselves to devour these monstrosities?

Brave Ben Wyman from Cracked put his stomach on the line for the sake of research, and he was so gung-ho about his terror-filled taste testing he actually created his own monster meal- the Tac-Urr-Acho-Dilla Grande Supreme.

This horrifying Taco Bell hybrid is a taco, nachos and a burrito stuffed inside a quesadilla, and Ben had to fight to bring it to life:

The staff were upset that I had predicted their next meal, and were insistent that they couldn't stuff a taco, nachos, and burrito into a quesadilla, citing small-minded concerns like "the tortilla isn't large enough" and "it would be an affront to the very concept of civilization." But I wasn't about to let them stand in the way of progress, and eventually they relented.

See 6 Horrifying Fast Food 'Hacks' (Tested) here