NOT JUST A PRETTY PLATE: Orders surged in the plastic food business in 2003, but have since dropped, leaving companies looking for other creative ways to expand
By Joyce Huang
Have you been caught with your mouth watering in front of the food displays outside of restaurants and then realized they were plastic? Well, you're not alone. Rumor has it a Japanese housewife once even picked up some model vegetables at the market and brought them home before finding they were not real.

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