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Modernist Eats: Turn Pepperoni into Powder for a Popcorn Topper
Try as I might, I've never been able to combine the two American flavors of pepperoni pizza and popcorn without making a soggy, gloppy mess. Until now. I have harnessed the might of modernist cooking and smashed two of the best things in life into one just like a sorceress on steroids. For this new Modernist Eats column's kickoff post, I've figured out a way to smatter pepperoni onto popcorn.Add Peanut Butter to Popcorn
It's hard to improve on a snack like popcorn: salty, buttery, and so addictively poppable. However, a little peanut butter and some roasted peanuts take this movietime classic treat to new heights.Modernist Cuisine Video: Popcorn Popping at 6,200 Frames Per Second
"People tend to start filming themselves doing stupid things when there's a high speed camera lying around," said Nathan Myhrvold during our tour of the Modernist Cuisine laboratory. This video was one of the cooler ones we watched. It shows what happens when a kernel of popcorn pops. As it heat up, moisture trapped inside converts to steam, building up a massive amount of pressure. Eventually, that pressure becomes so great the the steam starts to escape the outer shell, causing the kernel to shoot up on a thin jet of steam.Taste Test: Microwavable Popcorn
Something happens when you microwave popcorn. Even if you're a purist stovetop popper, when the packaged stuff is nuked, you're suddenly at the mercy of artificial butter intoxication. Some synapse fires and all of your thoughts are butter-scented. "I smelled it from floors down," tasters said as they were filing in for this taste test. We shopped around and bought brands in each of these five categories: Butter, Movie Theater Style, "Natural," 94% Fat Free, and Kettle Corn. When it was all said and done, we had a grand total of 27 varieties of microwavable popcorn. If you do the math, we were popping corn for, oh, about 81 minutes.Do You Hate Popcorn?
The smell. The taste. The texture. In how many ways does popcorn disgust you?Video: Popcorn Tweets
If you didn't see this video going around yesterday, basically some dudes rigged up a device that feeds popcorn kernels into a hot-air popper whenever someone on Twitter uses the hashtag #popcorn. Video, after the jump....Scientists Say Popcorn Is Good For You
Findings presented at yesterday's American Chemical Society's annual meeting said that popcorn might be good for you because they have been found to contain large amounts of polyphenols, antioxidants that are known to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer....Popcorn: Do You Err on the Side of Unpopped or Burnt?
I usually stop the microwave at the very first sign of a popping slowdown and end up with a bag half-full of kernels. It's occurred to me that I could get a lot more popcorn if I gave it a few seconds longer, but I'm just not willing to take the risk.Large Movie Popcorn with Butter: 1,220 Calories
©iStockphoto.com/thebroker A large "buttered" popcorn at the typical movie theater contains about 1,220 calories, San Francisco Chronicle restaurant critic Michael Bauer reminds us, quoting a decade-old survey: "You would have to swim 162 minutes to burn off that popcorn—longer than your average motion picture." Not exactly what I want to read before a weekend in which I plan on finally seeing Star Trek (the IMAX version was sold out last week). That reminds me, though, that it's cheaper and healthier to just sneak in a snack of my own. What snack(s) do you sneak in to the movies—and how?...Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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