The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.
Valentine’s Day may be filled with bright, springtime colors, but there’s still a chill in the air. Just in time for cupid’s arrows to start flying, Elsie from A Beautiful Mess shared her recipes for red velvet hot chocolate and pink hot chocolate, so your drinks can be festive and you and your special someone […]
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve adored the crunchy/creamy sweet treat of astronaut ice cream. Now that I live just five minutes from Johnson Space Center, the freeze-dried confection is the top request when we take visiting friends to the gift shop at Space Center Houston. There is just something idyllic and iconic about […]
It was only a matter of time before someone attempted the falafel waffle. And it actually makes sense. A waffle is typically lightly fried wheat dough, and falafel is fried chickpea dough. Dan Shumski of Waffleizer describes how he made it, along with how to achieve the best results when making the hummus to accompany. […]
The latest venture from Alamo Drafthouse, the popular quirky dine-and-watch movie theaters based in my old stomping grounds of Austin, makes me happy on a number of levels. It’s wine (hurrah!), it’s cleverly packaged (nice!) and it’s based on one of my all time favorite movies, The Princess Bride. Alamo Drafthouse is delighted to announce […]
If you’ve ever wanted to munch on the solar system, here’s your chance. Chocolatier L’éclat of the Righa Royal Hotel in Japan makes these stunning planetary and meteoritic chocolates that come in beautiful galaxy backdrop boxes. Each planet has a different flavor, from coconut mango to rum raisin. The meteorites have flavors like earl grey/grapefruit […]
Liam made this cool DIY variable speed stir plate for creating yeast starter for his homebrewed beer. To control the speed of the magnetic stirrer, he used an ATmega328 with the Arduino bootloader connected to a PC case fan. Liam even made use of the LEDs that you can sometimes find on fancy fans to […]
In a world full of fancy, complicated food, sometimes the simple ideas are still the best. Maybe it’s just my persistent sweet tooth talking, but these chocolate filled raspberries from Lisa at Grey Luster Girl look like they would hit the spot perfectly right about now. It’s never too early in the day for chocolate, […]
