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COOL THINGS WE WANT // To Kick Off Our Weekends With a Stack of Smiling Carbs

We’re a pretty satisfied bunch, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t covetous. Sometimes we see things out there that we just must have. Cool Things We Want is an archive of those earthly desires.

Photo via the Takarajima Channel.

If nothing makes you smile like a stack of carbs to begin your weekend, then you’ll probably also appreciate having them grinning back at you, courtesy of Takashi Murakami’s Flower Pancake Pans. The cookware was originally available exclusively in Japan, as a gift-with-purchase collaboration between the famous Japanese pop artist and local street fashion mag, Smart. Fortunately for us brunch- and pop art-loving oversea-ers, due to high demand they are now back in production and shipping worldwide, including to Canada!

There are currently two designs to choose from: the classic Murakami flower or the pixelated version (pictured above). Both are 14cm coated iron, compatible with gas and induction heating, and adorned with a cheerful illustrated resin handle. The pans will set you back approximately $15 CAD each (or 1280 JPY) plus shipping and taxes.

Step up your brunch game by heading over here.

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2026 CSA Guide: The Best Produce Box Programs in Vancouver. Score Before It’s Too Late!

Looking for a CSA in Metro Vancouver? Our 2026 guide breaks down the best produce box and farm share programs, with pricing, pickup details, and honest recommendations.

We Want to Jetset to Montreal for the Menu Extra & Dan Climan Pop-Up This July

This summer the Montreal artist, who sports cred as an Emily Carr School of Art + Design graduate, is growing his food-art relationship with a series of lux, collab pop-up we can only dream of attending. Time to buy a lottery ticket!

We Want to Quench Our Thirst for Spring with KPU’s New 桂 Reverie Beer

Our appetite for tasty and creative craft beer is bottomless. So the moment news of what students enrolled in the Diploma in Brewing and Brewery OperationsKwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) have been brewing up lately landed in our inbox, we got awfully thirsty...