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Using a MacBook Air as Knife: What Can't This Thing Do?
Or, 'The Greatest Thing to Slice Bread' What can't this thing do, indeed—besides handle DVDs or CDs or support two USB devices, that is. But I digress. Some folks in Germany have found that Apple's MacBook Air can slice through flesh and, more in tune with our sensibilities here at Serious Eats, can handle your bread-slicing needs [Google Translation]. I suppose it would come in handy if you're working at a cafe and are in a bind for a knife. I doubt this would void the warranty, but I certainly wouldn't use the machine to slather on butter. [via Boing Boing Gadgets]...BBQ Donut Pontoon Combines Rafting and Grilling
Or, 'Smoke on the Water' Imagine one of those amusement park water rides—the ones where you float down a "river" atop one of those large rubber doughnuts, with five other people, snaking under waterfalls and through "rapids." Now imagine you're all facing a flaming grill instead of holding on to safety rails. This completely insane rig from Germany—called the BBQ Donut—brings that imagined scenario to life....In Videos: Singing Human Sushi on Japanese Kid's TV Show
I don't know what the lyrics of this Japanese song mean, but watching a bunch of people prance around in super happy sushi costumes is captivating enough on its own. Whether or not watching this video will increase sushi consumption is yet to be determined. Watch the video, after the jump....Individually Wrapped Cashew Is Full of Fail
Culinary Abortions from Japan is a hilarious blog written by a Canadian documenting the food failures of Japan—"failures" including off-putting flavors, poorly named items, excessive packaging, or all of the above. While the wrongness of these foods may mostly be culturally relative, I can't argue against individually wrapped cashews joining the list. It's not like the cashew is a giant mutant worthy of its own bag; the description reads, "Aside from a light gown of salt, it rests naked within its deplorable womb of plastic." I suppose it's good if you have a major portion-control problem, though....Hot or Not: Amateur Gourmet vs. Gary Vaynerchuk
Battle of the Hot Male Web Hosts on TVWeek.com pits male web-video stars in eight different categories against one another. Our friend Adam "The Amateur Gourmet" Roberts is up against wine-vlogging maniac Gary Vaynerchuk. To refresh you on how the rules work, we currently have 16 contestants divided into eight pairings of head-to-head battles in this first round. By Friday, the eight winners will move on to the second round. We will add one more contestant in the wild-card slot to make nine in the final round. I'm not going to spoil the results, but AmGour sure could use your help....Barack Obama's Partially Eaten Breakfast for Sale on eBay
Here Lies Hope, Half-Eaten on a Plate No matter who wins the presidency later this year, our country is doomed. That's because it's filled with people who see fit to auction off the remnants of a candidate's breakfast on eBay. In this case, a leftover bite or two of sausage and a little more than a quarter waffle abandoned by Senator Barack Obama at the Glider Diner in Scranton, Pennsylvania. But, Adam, you'll say, it's only one auction. One wayward American among many millions. Yeah? Well, as of 12:30 p.m. today, 23 morons have bid this thing up to $76. [via MenuPages Blog]"I like Ike" pin from the '52 election. I remember looking at it and the other pins she...Video: Chicken Commercial Possibly Rejected from Wendy's
The following commercial for Wendy's Four-Alarm Spicy Chicken Sandwich was posted to YouTube by a guy who supposedly worked making ads for the chain. His claim is that they rejected this spot. Maybe, maybe not. In today's wacky world, this could just be an attempt at planting it virally. If so, I'm biting, because is one of the funniest ads I've seen in a while....How to Make a Brain Cake
Think you're pretty darn smart, do you? A regular baking Einstein, huh? Well, do think you can make a brain cake? If you're not exactly a rocket scientist in the kitchen, the step-by-step article How to Make an Anatomically Correct Brain Cake on WikiHow.com will walk you through it. The one shown here appears to be based on a chocolate layer cake with the gray matter made of marshmallow fondant. Why would you want to make a brain cake? That's a question our crack research team is still trying to answer....The Craziest Food Ever: Deep-Fried, French-Fry-Coated Bacon on a Stick
Perhaps the Ne Plus Ultra of Fried Food on a Stick First there was the french-fry-coated hot dog from South Korea. Then Phil Lees, of The Last Appetite tweaked the Korean version, bringing it more in line with Western tastes (complete with recipe). Now he's done away with the hot dog altogether and subbed in ... BACON: "Originally I was planning on making a French fry coated, bacon-wrapped hot dog, but thought that the inclusion of the hotdog was largely pointless," he says on his blog. "Why not just head straight for the bacon?"...Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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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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