How BIG is Your Cook Book... Does it Have a Food Sciences Section? Welcome to The Cooking Lab, home to Modernist Cuisine. Explore the space where the team does its research, recipe development, photography, and copious amounts of mad science. Modernist Cuisine is an inter-disciplinary team in Bellevue, Washington, founded and led by Nathan Myhrvold. The group includes scientists, research and development chefs, and a full editorial department—all dedicated to advancing the state of culinary ... [more]
Archives for January 2015
10 Things You Didn’t Know About… Henry Rollins!
Henry Rollins is an actor and a singer, Henry is a very talented man. He has also worked as a songwriter, radio DJ, spoken word artist, a journalist and publisher, comedian and an activist as well. His fame comes from playing all these different roles and excelling in them. He was born on 13th February 1961 in Washington, DC. Henry’s wealth primarily comes from the television, music industry and radio. He has performed with several bands like State of Alert, Black Flag and ... [more]
Pizza Guy Gets $20,000 of Internet Sympathy
After a change discrepancy left a pizza delivery man without a tip, the Internet raised more than $20,000. A video, which Boston.com reports was originally uploaded to YouTube with the title “Irate pizza driver,” shows an awkward interaction between Jarrid Tansey, a pizza delivery driver for Palace Pizza, and a few employees at F&R Auto Sales, both located in Westport, Mass. <iframe width="950" height="535" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/sxdsfNo-mC0?list=viral%20videos" ... [more]
Careful You Don’t CHOKE on this Latest Taco Taste Creation From Doritos!
The advent of Doritos-flavored Mountain Dew—Dewitos, if you will (I won't)—has created a snack-beverage singularity akin to a spiritual experience, and Stephen Colbert is totally on board. Bring it on! Drinkify everything! Sure, it's gross, but it's better than the old, outdated method of experiencing every flavor at once: Eating them all and then throwing up a little bit. Even Colbert can't talk about that one with a straight face. By the way, if you've been thinking Mountain ... [more]
Watch For Falling ROCKS!
Asteroid 2004 BL86 to 'narrowly' miss Earth Monday Amateur stargazers will have a once-in-a-decade opportunity to see an asteroid 550 metres wide “narrowly” miss Earth on Jan 26. The space rock, code-named 2004 BL86, is expected to reach a point about 1.2 million kilometres from our planet, or three times the distance to the Moon. Although easily far enough away to be safe, the flyby – at an estimated 56,000 kilometres per hour – counts as a close shave in astronomical terms. It will be ... [more]