Okay, after having endless problems with Drupal (the lastest being that comments weren’t posting, so sorry if you posted and it was lost), I’ve switched to WordPress. I’m not keen to change blogging software after this, so feel free to make an account and comment or what have you to show me that things do [...]

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I’ve done an actual interview. Woo! Okay, it was a single question, and I didn’t record it or anything, but I takes what I gots.
I was at Thursday’s taping of Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! which will be airing today with special “Not My Job” guest Neil Patrick Harris. They tell us at the beginning [...]

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I haven’t made the kind of site that I originally intended to make a couple of years ago. I believe it’s time for a re-creation, with a wider range of content type. Let’s see what the next couple of months brings us, shall we?

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Alton Brown reups for another three years: “
Filed under: Business, Television/Film
It is my opinion that Alton Brown is one of the best things about the Food Network these days. Rachael Ray jumped the shark when she teamed up with Oprah and I can not deal with the train wreck that is Sandra Lee. [...]

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L’Equip R.P.M. Blender with Tachometer: “While it doesn’t justify the purchase of a new model just to get it, this ‘R.P.M. Blender’ from L’Equip has a tachometer on the side. It does seem sort of obvious now that someone’s made one, doesn’t it? I’d like to see this added to all blenders as standard issue.
The [...]

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Powder-Filled Gel "Pac" Mints Mistaken for Drugs by Narcos: “
The new ‘Ice Breakers Pacs’ candy from Hershey have freaked out narcotics officers in Philadelphia because of their resemblance to bags of powered drugs. The candy, which is a gritty sugar sealed inside a gel bag that dissolves in your mouth, looks an awful lot like [...]

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chadzilla: making vodka pills in 24 hours: “Recently, Chef Fabian was experimenting further with the Adria/Torreblanca technique of making ‘vodka pills.’ I use this word to describe the process of making liquid-filled candies by pouring flavored alcohol syrups into cornstarch and letting it set until a hard outer shell forms. The process is [...]

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blog.khymos.org » Blog Archive>> Foodpairing website launched: ” Groovy!
Foodpairing website launched
The long awaited website on foodpairings has now been launched, and they’ve also registred the corresponding blogspot name (which isn’t online yet as of today). The beautiful photos, great design and easy maneuvering makes it an excellent place to start if you are looking for [...]

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Harold McGee never fails to make me interested:
The Essence of Nearly Anything, Drop by Limpid Drop - New York Times: “Think of such liquids as essences. They have no fibers, no pulp, no fat, no substance at all. They’re just flavor in fluid form, perhaps with a tinge of color, like a classic beef consommé. [...]

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Keacher.com » Blog Archive » Chocolate Zen: “The legends preceded it: chocolate so dark it ceased to taste like chocolate. Chocolate so intense it required cautionary statements. Chocolate so fine it cost $32 per pound. One of my coworkers is a fan of dark chocolate, and he was the one who first told me about [...]

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