Largest Cake Picnic In San Francisco Saw A Buffet Of 1,387 Different Cakes

Largest Cake Picnic In San Francisco Saw A Buffet Of 1,387 Different Cakes

The Cake Picnic in San Francisco was attended by more than 1,000 people to celebrate their love for cakes and pay tribute to the late American painter Wayne Thiebaud.

Kara's Sights and Bites: Sometimes nothing but homemade cake will do

By: Kara Kimbrough   Everywhere I turned last week…every internet post…every magazine cover in the supermarket checkout line…every conversation I overheard in the supermarket checkout line…you get the picture…it seemed like cakes were on the minds of many. As a result, the thought of soft, moist layer cakes covered with a thick covering of buttercream icing occupied my thoughts until I was forced to give in to a craving for homemade cake.   It s…

It is always believed, in politics, that the images speak. That the smiles caught in the frost of a photographic moment tell the truth of the relations between men of power. We convince ourselves that the proximity of a toast, the sharing of a cake, a hand placed on a shoulder is enough to seal the reunions or to prefigure pacts. And yet, in Mauritius as elsewhere, birthdays are sometimes decoys, and sugar often conceals the poison. Those who fo…