The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.
Check out this hugely inventive use of normal holiday cookie cutters to make amazing Star Wars cookies. You can see how each of the cutters was repurposed to create everyone from a young Anakin and Chewbacca (both from a Santa cutter!) to your favorite vehicles like the awesome TIE Fighter (spider cutter, anyone?) over on […]
Chocoholics, take note! This kit allows you to make your flavor fantasies come true. It’s got everything you need to make basic, agave-sweetened chocolate, but I used honey instead and added lemon zest to create something out of this world. Ruffled paper cups are included, so the presentation is worthy of your sweetheart. After a […]
I’ve been harvesting my first sunchokes from the garden (and what a harvest!) and trying to figure out interesting ways to cook them. To my delight, I came across this amazing-sounding recipe for steamed clams with truffled lady apple and sunchoke cream. The title is a bit of a mouthful, but Wow! (Plus, have you […]
Open the cool aluminum briefcase and remove your weapon of choice. Charge the pistol grip with a 16-gram CO2 cartridge. Fill the lower shaker chamber with gin, maraschino liqueur, lemon juice, Creme de Violette, and ice. Thread the shaker top and valve onto the lower chamber. Inject CO2 into the shaker. Shake. Settle. Open. Pour. […]
The Brooklyn Brew Shop 1 Gallon Beer Making Kit is the perfect introduction to brewing for the quality-conscious quaffer. Instead of the typical can of malt extract, you’ll learn about the true steps of making a grain mash, sparging, hopping, yeasting, fermenting, bottling, and then drinking a delicious homebrew. I made a tasty IPA, though […]
Spike Your Juice is a simple introduction to home fermentation. The kit comes with enough yeast packets for six batches, an airlock with rubber stopper, and clear instructions. To brew a batch of alcoholic juice, add one yeast pack to a 64oz bottle of juice (such as grape or cranberry), shake, stopper with the water-filled […]
The Molecular Cocktails Starter Kit is the perfect gift for the mad-scientist mixologist in your life. It comes with the tools, chemical compounds, and information needed to create gels, liquid-filled spheres, foams, and UV-reactive glowing drinks. The included book contains chapters on foundational techniques derived from molecular gastronomy, as well as 50 recipes.
