Monday, April 9, 2012 - 4:35am
One of the most cherished culinary disciplines in Japan is the art and process of making sushi. But now even that exalted tradition may succumb to the march of technology thanks to the SushiBot.
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Sunday, April 8, 2012 - 11:14am
Easter: the one day a year you don't have to hide the fact that eating a giant chocolate-shaped animal for breakfast is delightful. And this Easter, you can follow that gluttonous breakfast by purchasing a printer that will allow you to create giant chocolate-shaped animals (or any chocolates) whenever you want.
Friday, March 23, 2012 - 11:52am
Nature is very clever when it comes to creating packaging for perishable foodstuffs. Most fruits and vegetables, for example, come pre-wrapped in delicious edible containers. David Edwards, the biomedical engineer who came up with huffable food, is now developing customized edible containers for all kinds of food, from juice to wine to chocolate.
Monday, March 5, 2012 - 10:44am
For whatever reason, photographer Philip Karlberg decided to take pictures last year of yummy desserts spinning at atop various records. "33 RPM" is the result, and it makes me inexplicably happy to look at.
Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 4:14am
Some dreams do come true: A bakery in Los Angeles has actually deployed what may be the world's first cupcake ATM!
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 2:57pm
Fruit juice doesn't get much fresher than this, folks: Takara Tomy's new Gurefuru Chuchu citrus gut-mangler will scramble the insides of whatever you jam it into, leaving nothing but pure sweet juices behind.
Friday, February 24, 2012 - 1:17pm
Architecture Student André Ford is proposing raising chickens for meat in vertical racks after severing their frontal cortexes, rendering them effectively brain-dead. It would be much, much more efficient, there's no doubt about that, but would it be any more ethical than current factory farms?
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 - 9:58am
This is the last gingerbread house, I promise, because it's the only one as far as I can tell that transforms from gingerbread house mode to Gingerbread Prime mode. Take that you other gingerbreads.
Monday, December 26, 2011 - 9:11am
Food remains one of the easiest and simplest joys in life, and it's consistently coming at us in new ways, but it turns out that eating less might help your brain live longer. Like all things in life, this might present a less-than-exciting choice, but the science here, researched in Rome at the Catholic University of Scared Heart, is extremely interesting.
Monday, December 19, 2011 - 7:33am
Star Wars gingerbread AT-ATs not your cup of tea? How about Harry Potter? This is one gingerbread house that would turn wizard and witch heads.
