Awesome Bananas

Answering the question, “Is that an aluminum banana in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?,” Brigid walks us through the steps of casting a perfect replica of the yellow fruit out of aluminum. The process involves placing a real banana in sand, delicately removing it, pouring in molten metal, trimming off the excess, then polishing it to a shine.

Pastry and chocolate expert Amaury Guichon shows off another of his masterful edible creations. While this may look exactly like a banana, it’s a deliciously-complex gourmet dessert filled with a banana bread sponge, banana caramel, banana mouse, pecan streusel, and coated with crunchy chocolate.

Remember when you were a kid and you pretended a banana was a telephone? Well, now you can talk to someone on the other end of the line thanks to the Banana Phone. This fruity accessory connects via Bluetooth, so you can make and receive calls on it. It doubles as a speaker, though bananas aren’t known for their acoustics.