I wonder what a tomato has to say? Okay, maybe an Alexa enabled garden isn’t really about giving a voice to fruits and vegetables. (Who knows what plants have to say?) But what Alexa does do for you is help you control your new countertop garden. The AeroGarden Bounty Elite – Stainless Steel (Alexa-Enabled) is… Continue reading The New AeroGarden’s Are Here, The New AeroGarden is here!
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Yum, Jupiter!
Behold the Jupiter Structural Layer Cake from Cakecrumbs! The spherical cake was constructed using two hemispheres complete with delicious representations of rock, ice and liquid metallic hydrogen that are thought to inhabit the planet’s core. In cake speak, this translates to a core made of mudcake, surrounded by almond butter cake, surrounded by a tinted… Continue reading Yum, Jupiter!
Ceramic Egg Rack
How do you tell the difference between a hard-boiled egg and one that is raw? By what they are served in, of course!* Some may want to live on the edge and crack a dozen open to find out if they are cooked or not, but others may wish to consider the Kikkerland Ceramic Egg… Continue reading Ceramic Egg Rack
Mr. RootBeer Root Beer Kit
As far as soda and the like go, one usually doesn’t know what is on the inside. And after picking up this Mr. RootBeer Root Beer Kit you still might not know what is on the inside, thanks to the inclusion of the mysterious “Root Beer Mix.” But, you’ll still have two gallons of the… Continue reading Mr. RootBeer Root Beer Kit
Ten Food Additives And What They Add (Or Subtract)
Time for some good weekend reading. Checking out my RSS feed, I find a nice little list of 10 food additives and what they are used for. Yum! 8. Caramel Coloring When you don’t have real cocoa to put in food, but you want to make it look like you did, you add caramel coloring.… Continue reading Ten Food Additives And What They Add (Or Subtract)
Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking
“The most important book in the culinary arts since Escoffier.†–Tim Zagat Still hot of the press, and already Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cookingis creating a stir. Eliciting comparisons to the Auguste Escoffier tome, Le Guide Culinaire is no small feat. (Ironically, that 100-year old text has an upcoming release date for… Continue reading Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking