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Domino Sugar All American Classic Edible Fashion Runway Competition!

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  • February 14, 2012
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On October 6, 2012 I will be participating in a fashion competition creating an edible summer dress and accessories to be worn by a runway model. Please support my team. Donations go towards fighting...

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Three smiling women pose together against a white background, with the woman in the center wearing a vibrant blue textured dress and holding a yellow clutch while pointing at it, flanked by a woman in a striped sweater and another in a black blazer.

Pictures from the Domino Sugar All American Classic Edible Fashion Runway Competition!

On October 6th 2012, I worked with Grace Choi, a fashion student from Cornell University to design an edible dress to be modelled by Dale Kinney down the runway. The event was a charity fund-raiser...

A hyper-realistic sculpted cake of a classic cheeseburger and fries — thick dark brown beef patty with bright yellow melted cheese and red ketchup, layered between pale green lettuce and red tomato slice, topped with a golden-brown sesame seed bun, all on a platter piled with golden-brown french fries.

Why not make a hamburger out of cake?

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