Tuesday, 21 February 2012

Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes


The Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes are breakfast-centric cakes that were crafted by bloggers Bob and Carlene Deutscher from the drool-worthy blog BS’ in the Kitchen. Designed to taste exactly like the early morning treat you remember, these Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes will tempt you to start the day with dessert. Spiked with an ample amount of cinnamon and the famous cereal itself, these Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cupcakes are dressed-up flavor doppelgängers of the original bowlful. 
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Sunday, 19 February 2012

Basso and Brooke for Cambridge Satchel


The talented duo of Basso and Brooke collaborated with the popular Cambridge Satchel Co. on a capsule collection of bags featured on their latest Autumn/Winter 2012 runway.
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The Breitling for Bentley GMT V8 Limited Edition


To celebrate the launch of the Continental GT V8 with its powerful new 4.0 V8 engine, Breitling has created a 250-piece limited series of the Bentley GMT chronograph.
Its distinguishing feature is the mobile inner bezel in a metallic red shade which depicts 24 cities for the GMT (second time zone) function.
The dial is equipped with an red triangle-tipped hour hand completes one rotation every 24 hours.
That allows the user to instantly read off the time in all the world’s timezones in relation to that shown by the 24-hour hand.
Movement is the Swiss automatic Breitling caliber 47B with 38 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 48 hours.

The selfwinding chronograph movement, chronometer-certified by the COSC, offers another technical asset exclusive to the Breitling for Bentley collection: A 30-second chronograph with a sweep seconds hand making one full turn of the dial in half a minute and thus enabling readings accurate to the nearest 1/8th of a second.

The Breitling for Bentley GMT V8 is a limited edition of 250 pieces priced at $10,590.

The Porsche Macan


Porsche’s new compact SUV is to be called the Porsche Macan, derived from the Indonesian word for ‘tiger’, the luxury German automaker confirmed February 16. Releasing the first teaser sketch and video for the model, Porsche also confirmed that it will begin production in 2013 as the fifth Porsche model line, following in the footsteps of the larger Cayenne SUV.
The firm’s first impressions show a low, sleek model which is known to be based on the Audi Q5 platform, with a sportier styling and premium interior.
It is believed that the model will feature 2.0 and 3.0 liter gasoline and diesel engines, slightly more powerful than those in the Audi Q5, with a Macan Turbo S also expected to follow, possibly alongside a hybrid model.
In a statement, Porsche said that the animal roots of the name Macan, which is derived from Indonesian language, reflected the model’s characteristics such as “suppleness, power, fascination and dynamics.”
Its introduction is likely to mark the start of a turf war between Porsche and Maserati, which introduced its own (admittedly larger) Kubang SUV last year.
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Saturday, 18 February 2012

Babyccinos: Cappuccinos for Babies


A story on ‘babyccinos,’ a trend in which coffee shops are selling decaf cappuccinos to pint-sized tots, is gaining buzz among the caffeinated, hipster-parent crowd.
Babyccinos are made from either steamed milk and foam, or — for the gourmand tot — spiked with a shot of decaf espresso, and were featured in a story published in The Brooklyn Paper this week — a piece which has been picked up by popular food blogs and publications like Gothamist, Eater, Zagat and the Atlantic Wire.
The trend has become particularly popular in Brooklyn, where locals are obsessive when it comes to coffee culture, the author notes, and the culture even has tots turning into mini coffee-clutching consumers with an early taste for java.
The concept first started in Australia, where the term babyccino denotes macchiato-like drinks with a shot of decaf espresso topped with steamed milk and froth, or an entirely hot milk-based drink topped with cinnamon or chocolate powder that’s kid-friendly.
And while doctors say the amount of caffeine is negligible in decaf coffee (the story says that a shot of decaf espresso contains less caffeine than a soda) reaction to the trend has spilled over onto Facebook and Twitter, where readers either defend the trend as harmless — “a way to keep the kids happy so parents can enjoy their coffee in peace” — to dismay — “‎*sigh* Leave the babies and their yet to be fully developed kidneys and stomachs, alone already.”
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Aston Martin V12 Zagato


Aston Martin mingles its own spirit of the past with impeccable sleek design of modernism in this special edition V12 Zagato. This Bond-worthy vehicle exhibits great influence of the Italian coachbuilder Zagato, this model is dedicated to, evident in the hand-made carbon-fibre body. Unsurprisingly, the inside shows a lot of carbon-fibre details and few Zagato signatures. Coming to the most important facts, the Zagato V12 features a mid-mounted 6.0-liter V12 that produces 517 pure horsepower, good for a close 4 second sprint and 420 lb-ft of torque. Price: $518.000
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Richard Mille's Tourbillon Split Seconds Watch


Richard Mille's Tourbillon Split Seconds may create a false impression of transparent plastic, but this tourbillon-featuring chronograph nestles in an impressive case cut and milled from solid blocks of sapphire. Alongside being a pioneering material-choice, the difficult machining process and the 350 hours of polishing work, the skeletonized RM 056 manual-winding movement can keep up with the intricacy of the case and strap. The RM 056 is entirely crafted for long-time precision, features a titan base-plate on which more than 400 parts finds place providing its future owner hours, minutes, chronograph split seconds, power reserve, torque and function indicators.
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