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Pop’s SeaBar will have plenty of boardwalk classics—fried oyster sandwiches, peel ’n’ eat shrimp—when it opens in Adams Morgan on Sept. 4. The sister restaurant to Cashion’s Eat Place will also have one treat that really should have caught on much sooner: the ice cream sandwich luge. Basically, it works like this: You get an ice cream sandwich. […]

This guy is like a real-life fruit ninja.

But instead of using broad sword-strokes intended to decimate the fruit, our hero, who has the deft precision of a surgeon, uses a series of carefully considered quick cuts to transform this pineapple into fin…

This is a cereal crime.

A mom in the United Kingdom is super cereal about her kids’ breakfast. She’s ratting out Kellogg’s after she found a dead mouse in her 2-year-old grandson’s box of Crunchy Nut corn flakes, according to the Mirror.

Pauline Henderson, 50, was pouring a bowl of the freshly opened cereal when she says she found this:

Naturally, the Portsmouth native was disgusted.

“It was horrible,” she told The Portsmouth News. “If [my grandson] Toby had eaten it I could have been rushing him to the hospital … Goodness knows how long the mouse was in the box or if it was dead or alive when it went in.”

She didn’t have to rush anyone to the hospital, but she did throw the box — mouse included — into the freezer while she notified environmental officials.

A representative of the supermarket Tesco, where Henderson reportedly bought the cereal, told the Daily Mail that the find is “concerning.”

“We set ourselves the highest standards for the quality and safety of the food we sell and were concerned to hear of this,” the spokesman said. “We would like to thank Ms Henderson for alerting us and we will work with the supplier to support their investigation.”

Henderson also reportedly declined Kellogg’s offer of a new box of cereal.

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Maiko Takahashi knows how to make mealtime special for her kids.

The Tokyo-based mom regularly creates wonderfully whimsical bento boxes for her 6-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter, transforming everyday food into cartoon characters, cuddly animals, and even Santa Claus.

息子の担任の先生のお誕生日のお弁当。 pic.twitter.com/ZjfxAAdymH

— Sasariri (@ejkzmrs) August 26, 2014

クリスマスのお弁当〜♪ #キャラ弁 pic.twitter.com/YXgL97bqCy

— Sasariri (@ejkzmrs) August 8, 2014

猫とかそこらへんを捕獲しました弁当。 #キャラ弁 pic.twitter.com/G8fNzn8jkh

— Sasariri (@ejkzmrs) August 25, 2014

Recently, Takahashi decided to take her mealtime works of art to the next level, putting together bento boxes for her children that are delicious, aesthetically interesting and educational.

For her Japan map series (pictured below), Takahashi has been creating bento boxes featuring maps of every one of the 47 governmental prefectures in Japan, such as Kyoto and Osaka. As Neatorama points out, the meticulous mom has sometimes even included edible symbols associated with each region, such as the Tokyo Tower.

“The smile of [my] son and [my] daughter is my driving force,” Takahashi told Mashable of the inspiration behind her edible works of art.

Scroll down to see some of Takahashi’s Japan map bento boxes. For more, visit her Twitter page.

お弁当都道府県シリーズ。
東京都。東京タワーも作ってみた♪ #キャラ弁 pic.twitter.com/3Qsd6mpedJ

— Sasariri (@ejkzmrs) August 9, 2014

お弁当都道府県シリーズ。
群馬県。この日、節分だったので鬼がいますね(笑) #キャラ弁 pic.twitter.com/Y0L6bxQmye

— Sasariri (@ejkzmrs) August 8, 2014

お弁当都道府県シリーズ。
京都府。この日はこどもの日付近だったのでウィンナーの鯉のぼりが入ってますね(^_^) #キャラ弁 pic.twitter.com/jo8lIDrvD8

— Sasariri (@ejkzmrs) August 16, 2014

お弁当都道府県シリーズ。
広島県。 #キャラ弁 pic.twitter.com/wQ5ROEsHtr

— Sasariri (@ejkzmrs) August 19, 2014

お弁当都道府県シリーズ。
大阪府。 #キャラ弁 pic.twitter.com/5ZqIsdguGi

— Sasariri (@ejkzmrs) August 16, 2014

お弁当都道府県シリーズ。
日本列島。これで本当に終了！いつもクールな息子から「お母さん、大変だったね。僕のお願いきいてくれてありがとう(^o^)」と言われ、意外過ぎた展開に思わず泣きました(T_T)あれからもう2年か…。 #キャラ弁 pic.twitter.com/ec5todmwtZ

— Sasariri (@ejkzmrs) August 24, 2014

Christiana Candon won a year of free rent, a $245,000 interest-free loan, free legal services, and free financial advising as the winner of Ballston BID’s controversial Restaurant Challenge. Now she’s seeking an additional $15,000 via Kickstarter for her Spanish restaurant, which will be called SER (Simple, Easy, Real). The restaurant, located at 1110 N. Glebe Road, […]

If you didn’t want to wind up in a sugar coma at 14th Street NW’s Red Light, you were previously limited to cheddar straws and popcorn. Now the cocktail and dessert bar has expanded its savory options with a “crostini bar,” flatbreads, and other bar snacks. The crostini options ($6 to $8) include toppings like infused […]