Today is every jokester's day to play. At the morning bell, our heartiest laughs came from Marmite and Tesco, which announced bouncy grocery aisles to access hard-to-reach top shelves. On this special day, we're rounding up the best April Fools' jokes for food-lovers from around the web. Scroll down to see some of our favorites.
Ever wonder how Food52 takes its crisp and clean overhead photos? Want to see behind-the-scenes production of Food52's food porn? On April Fools, they answered your prayers (and BA makes a cameo!). [Food52]
Smart homes may be a way off, but smart kitchen tools for chefs are upon us! Or at least that was Samsung's vision for its April Fools' prank. Meet the Galaxy BLADE Edge, cutting edge technology for the chefs of tomorrow. [Samsung]
Serious Eats gives the world recipe for Spam Nachos this April Fools Day. And we know it's a joke, but, um, don't tell anyone we're saving this one for a rainy day. [SeriousEats]
Gripe no more that liquor isn't airlifted to your door. Southern Comfort's solution? SoCo 2Go, the drone delivery program for Southern Comfort we never saw coming. [Southern Comfort]
They said it couldn't be done, but Pizza Hut promises us a new type of brew, because why have pizza and beer separate when you can just drink both down in one gulp?
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The folks over at DC Beer are dedicated to giving DC-dwellers the hottest information about the DC metro area beer scene it can on its blog. Now, they go all in on a beer bar in Logan Circle called Bottle Opener, with an extensive beer menu and food offerings designed around ebelskiver pans. [DC Beer]
Marmite, the Brits' answer to the Aussies' Vegemite, unveiled the newest addition to its product line: Marmite Clear.
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Tesco, a UK grocer, claimed to be holding trials for a bouncy grocery aisle for those who can't quite reach the top shelf. We're still waiting for grocery aisle Slip n Slides.
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Love Beetroot told its Twitter followers it found a way to engineer chocolate-flavored beetroot. It's an April Fools joke, but, hey, a girl can dream that this will be a fantasy that becomes reality.
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UK-based Vauxhall motors unveiled two gas-fired kebab spits in the trunk of a 9-seat van. We'd be down to buy a pre-fab food truck.
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Jimmy John's joins Southern Comfort and announces a fleet of drones to deliver sandwiches in a jiffy.
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Chefs–from the Michelin-starred down to line cooks–are known to swear and live a little harder than the rest of us. Great British Chefs promise to make the kitchen a better place with #FairEtiquette. First step? No ****ing swearing. [Great British Chefs]
Personalized greeting card company Moonpig cashes in on its name and reveals a new home and beauty product line, which includes Porky Pumice, Lard-Di-La body scrub, and a Charred Scent candle.
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Kim Kardishian's Paper Magazine cover may not have broken the internet, but this jello mold has broken all of our hopes to make it through this day with our sanity intact. Firebox also announced Yeezus Juice to accompany its Kardashian product, designed for those seeking an "extreme confidence drink." [Firebox, Firebox]
Pizza Hut UK showed us our future: scratch and sniff menus.
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Hot on the heels of the green juicing trend, Toronto's asks what we were wondering all along: what about the fruit and veggie pulp? So this is where we get excited. Toronto BlogTO announced Jenny Henkleman's plans to open a baby food bar for adults. [BlogTO]
Serious Eats didn't stop at spam. The other way they hope to change the nachos game is to forget tortilla chips all together. Slap toppings on slabs of steak and palm the thing. [Serious Eats]
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White Castle has found itself an actual castle to call home in the picturesque Belgian Ardennes, just the start of its quest for realm expansion. [White Castle]
René Redzepi of Copenhagen's superstar new Nordic restaurant Noma joined in on the fun, announcing a reality show set in Avalon, New Jersey and co-produced by Alice Waters. Sure, MTV's Jersey Shore was a success but wait till you see "New Nordic, New Jersey."
The company that gave the world Nerf foam darts and water blasters has optimized Cheetos and pretzel sticks for peak performance.
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Crickets may be our culinary future but Wayback Burgers has ensured that the future is nigh, promising a high-protein cricket milkshake to its fans.
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Say hello to a whiskey so fancy that its granted all of the life-coaching and massages it needs to reach its ultra-ultra-ultra premium potential in tree-free barrels.
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The website formerly known as The Kitchn, now The Kitchen, realizes the error of its ways and corrects the food internet's favorite typo. [The Kitchn]
Forget what you heard about the health benefits of liquified greens. Fresh Direct launched a 5-day cheese cleanse we can really get behind.
San Francisco's beloved gyro-slinger Souvla becomes La Souvlaria today, a Mexican taqueria serving margaritas and tacos to the sounds of live mariachi.
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Netflix brought out the big guns for April Fools, with a page of nearly a dozen short videos dedicated to teaching us how to Netflix responsibly. Our favorites include "See Your Friends" and "Eat Real Food," all things we forget to do when we're marathoning old seasons of Scandal.
