Despite the economic downturn, the Idaho Potato Museum in Blackfoot, Idaho, is reporting their busiest season ever with no decrease in sales at their gift shop [via VittlesVamp]... More
Make magazine presents a reader-submitted video from Ted Goessling and Zachary Gens, who have created the Uber Tuber, a compressed-air-powered potato bazooka that they use to propel spuds at a grid of wires that slices them into fries. Behind the grid is a backstop that catches the potatoes and funnels them into a waiting fryer below. It's more Rube Goldbergian than it is practical, but it's fun stuff nonetheless.... More
Chile recently claimed that 99% of the world's potatoes came from potatoes native to Chile, but Peru doesn't agree, saying that Chile's potatoes are actually derived from Peruvian ones. "Experts say the disputes reflect lingering historical tensions between the Andean neighbors."... More
Webcomic xkcd reveals a vital technique missing from the the curriculums of culinary schools everywhere: "How to Make Hash Browns with Flaming Tennis Racquets." Related 'Stove Ownership' 'Meat Cereals' 'F*** Grapefruit'... More
Just in time for Hanukkah, Jason Perlow provides his method for making lots of latkes. Complete with video filmed in "Latke-vision." More
