Entries tagged with 'DIY'
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Design*Sponge has a cute idea for what to do with blank nesting dolls: turn them into salt shakers! Or rather, "anything powdered" shakers. Suggestions include pepper, cinnamon sugar, and Parmesan cheese. Related Salt-n-Pepa Salt and Pepper Shakers Cute Salt and Pepper Shakers Film Canister Salt and Pepper Shakers...
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Interest in classic cocktails and creative mixology continues to grow at a phenomenal pace, even as the economy has taken a dive. But as bartenders and home enthusiasts explore new or forgotten products and flavors, it’s not unusual that they run into a wall: the range of commercial products, while growing, is still somewhat limited. In response, these folks are increasingly turning to the kitchen to create their own ingredients—syrups, bitters, liqueurs, and other spirits and mixers that can exponentially expand the number of options available when mixing drinks. Last summer I chaired a panel discussion at Tales of the Cocktail that touched on making everything from simple infusions to complex liqueurs and compound syrups, and this week—as part of...
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Photograph from Spencer E Holtaway on Flickr Gangsters did it during prohibition and now, even though liquor is legal, you can too. Gourmet's Ian Knauer shares his quick and easy recipe using juniper berries and spices. If you just want to spruce up a bottle of cheap gin, add sloe berries, a relative of the plum. This makes a ruby red, sweeter drink. The base for making gin is vodka, so if you are like me and your stomach turns with each sip of the juniper berry-infused beverage, there are other things you can do to flavor it. Sauver featured a recipe for pineapple-infused vodka where you take sugar, vodka, and a whole pineapple. You let it sit in...
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With the help of two small hinges and a Sasquatch action figure, one hungry gamer turned his broken Nintendo into a lunchbox. This might be the first time any sober person above the age of nine has put an NES into a refrigerator. Thanks to his handy instructions, now you can do the same....
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You know all those ridiculous gadgets you can plug in to your computer's USB port? This might be the most cracked I've seen yet. A DIY USB-powered cooking pan. The video, after the jump....
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FistFam's grill gets the job done. "I wish I could grill these hot dogs, but I only have $10 in my 'Buy a Grill' fund! Can I fulfill my grilling dreams on such a pittance?" Indeed, you can—let FistFam show you the way with their instructions for how to build a grill for under $10. But don't expect one of those fancy schmancy grills with, like, knobs, or a built-in cover, or something. $10 will get you some concrete bricks and a medium-sized flowerpot. Add your flammable material of choice, cooling racks, tongs, and meat, and you'll be on your way to budget-friendly grilling bliss. Just don't handle the flaming pot of briquettes with paper bags like FistFam did—paper...
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Photograph from home winemaking tutorial site, Cook Prairie Wines It's a little more of an upscale DIY project than, say, baking your bread or growing your own garden, but wine enthusiasts too can turn their love into a full-fledged hands-on hobby by making wine at home: "The growth and interest in wine generally over the last decade has really fueled an interest in winemaking as a hobby," says Brad Ring, publisher of Winemaker magazine. "With the greater availability of grapes, equipment and information, it’s come on strong as a hobby."[...] All of which means that you don’t need to buy a vineyard in Tuscany or the Loire Valley to create your own label of succulent red or crisp white. In...
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Is your watermelon not utilitarian enough? Give it purpose—turn it into a watermelon keg! All you have to do is fill it with spiked watermelon juice and attach a faucet to it. [via Metafilter]...
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Forget about buying Peeps this Easter and make your own super cute pastel-colored marshmallows! Williams-Sonoma will sell you a kit with everything you need: "marshmallow mix, duck and bunny molds, pastry bags for piping the prepared marshmallow into molds, as well as the purple, pink and yellow sanding sugars and black eyes you’ll need for decorating your creations. You can also cut the marshmallow into shapes using the included butterfly, bunny and chick cookie cutters." $24.50 for the kit, which is available online/catalog only, not in stores. [via Popgadget]...
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"Making your own bacon at home is not difficult. You will need pork belly and a brine of some sort. The most important ingredients are salt and TIME." Well, most important after the pork belly....
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