Food Mashups: Genius or Just Plain Weird?

Fusion, mashups, frankenfoods…whatever you want to call them, combining foods that wouldn’t normally be prepared together into funky and creative dishes seems to be all the rage.  Think about the nearly-passe “cronut,” the croissant-donut pastry invented by Chef Dominique Ansel in 2013—crowds went wild for the crazy, flaky, sweet, buttery goodness and the treat was…