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The New Cupcake

Erica/Cannella Vita

First pink was the new black, then black was, then orange, and now there's the new cupcake, only no one can agree on what that is. Some think it's the macaron, some, the pie, and some ~ notably the folks who bailed out Crumbs Bake Shop, think it's the cupcake. Proving once again (http://somanyinterestingthings.blogspot.com/2014/07/information-illustrated.html) that a good infographic is the new infographic, here's one on how many times various food items (and not always desserts!) have been called "the new cupcake" in news articles over the past eight years (story, infographic): http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/07/16/the_new_cupcake_cliche_graphed_macarons_doughnuts_pie_and_every_other_new.html

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