In my endless quest for inane food-related stories, here are two humdingers.

Serendipity 3 in New York is offering a $25,000 dessert bulging with top-grade cocoa, edible gold and shavings of a luxury truffle. The Frrrozen Haute Chocolate was declared the most expensive dessert in the world on Wednesday by Guinness World Records. What is it? A frozen, slushy mix of cocoas from 14 countries, milk and 5 grams of 24-carat gold topped with whip cream and shavings from a La Madeline au Truffle.

And then there's this, also in New York:

A $1,000 bagel. Chef Frank Tujague of The Westin New York hotel at Times Square has dreamed this up: a bagel topped with white truffle cream cheese and goji berry infused Riesling jelly with golden leaves. If that sounds good to you (???), hurry, because it's only available until December 14.