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Kogi Taco Truck: The Howard Dean or Barack Obama of Street Food?
Photograph by Eric Shin from Flickr From a Newsweek story on L.A.'s Kogi BBQ Taco Truck: In many ways, Kogi's rapid rise reflects the same cultural moment that produced Barack Obama; youthful, urban, multiethnic, wired and communal, both brands resonate with a grassroots generation that distrusts top-down messaging and prefers to learn from peers, often online. The question now is whether L.A.'s Twitter-fueled Korean taco truck is merely a fad (more like, say, Howard Dean)—or, as the Kogi copycats are hoping, a model for the future of fast food. Related A Typical Day on the Kogi BBQ Taco Truck Meet & Eat: Kogi Korean BBQ Taco Truck...In Videos: VHS Toaster
Got an antediluvian VHS player lying around? That you haven't tossed out in the last decade? Pull out the slices of room-temp bread for this one. The passionate how-to site Instructables has an eight-step guide on constructing a VHS toaster. But first watch the contraption in action, which involves toast flying in slow-mo. The video, after the jump....iCupcake iPhone App
Do you ever have a hankering for a nice, moist, vanilla cupcake with blue frosting and chocolate hearts on it? Or maybe a green tea flavored one with butter cream and sprinkles? Well, too bad you're stuck at work or tied down by one of those crazy cupcakeless diet fads. But wait, yet another iPhone app comes to the rescue. iCupcake is a new, 99¢ time-waster. It's pretty useless, sure, but you might be able to brighten someone's day by sending your sweet creation to them. If only it transported the real thing, though. [via Cupcakes Take the Cake]...Use Twitter to Find a Lunch Buddy
Houston Press: "What's a hungry foodie to do when they find themselves at a loss for a dinner or lunch companion? That's where @TwEATup comes in. The brainchild of local web entrepreneur and social networker Laban Johnson, TwEATup is a service that links Twitterers in the Houston area with others who want to grab a bite to eat."...Zagat iPhone App Reviewd Zagat-Style
"The 'prematurely released' Zagat iPhone application comes off as 'cumbersome' and 'not intuitive.' The 'content itself is strong' but 'the UI needs polish.'" [Eat Me Daily]...In Videos: Extreme French-Fry-Making with Pneumatic Spud Bazooka
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....Robot Flips Pancakes
mailonsunday.co.uk Yes, I would like some pancakes, Mr. Robot. The Japanese have done it again with the Motoman robot, a pancake-flipping wonder of circuits and electricity. This awesome machine recently debuted at a three-day exhibition of robots in Osaka. If you could have a robot, what would you want it to cook for you? [via Coldmud]...How to Charge Your iPod with an Onion and Gatorade?
This video? It doesn't work, according to How Stuff Works....Sushi Guide iPhone Application
Sushi Time is a new iPhone app meant to demystify potentially scary sushi terms. For example, you enter “fugu," swipe the screen, and there's a photo of what resembles yellow-tail, but wait. It's potentially toxic, says the magic phone. Phew, good thing you didn't order that craziness. [via Jamie Forrest] Related How to Use Urbanspoon Feature on iPhones Chocolate-Covered iPhone Singing Human Sushi on Japanese Kid's TV Show...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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