Someone posted this link over at the homebrew page on reddit.

thermopen open box sale

it appears thermoworks is selling open boxed/refurbished splash proof thermopens for only $69

So my sister recently made a trip to Cambodia and returned with a nifty little gift for me. I can't find any info online, though apparently she drank it mostly in shot form.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to best use palm spirit?

So, ever since Kenji did a review of their cast iron pans and dmc had such positive feedback about pizza pans, I've been keeping an eye on their kickstarter page. While I gave a bit, I didn't want to drop $300 to preorder so I've really wanted this to happen so that I could get some american made cast iron at a more reasonable price.

And last night they hit their goal of $25,000! With 15 or so more days to go, they're likely to get a bit more starting capital, which bodes well for finally being able to buy their pieces straight up.

I had this BBC article about the recent outbreak of a particularly nasty strain of E. coli. in Germany pop up on my Google homepage this morning and figured I'd share it with those interested here.

E. coli puts spotlight on food chain complexity

I think the article raises a couple great questions that are going to have to be answered in the coming years in regards to food supply chains and inter-country relations.

"Food markets have consolidated into the hands of a few large corporations that deal in tremendous volume. Larger volumes and longer supply chains, in turn, make trace-back more difficult and put a larger number of consumers at risk if there is an incident of microbial contamination somewhere in the system," she says.

I know there are a few of us Android users here on the forum a little upset by the lack of food apps. The one I was a most jealous of was the Ratio app by Michael Ruhlman (based off his book). Thankfully his team has been hard at work and is now here.

Ratio

For those who may be new to the Android, if you download "barcode scanner" you can just scan the QR on his page and be taken directly to the market.

http://gizmodo.com/5520455/bob-evans-sausage-gravy-machine-is-the-last-machine-youll-need

Was browsing Gizmodo this morning and look what I came across. Part of me thinks that it's horrible, but the other side is thinking, holy crap that's amazing. lol.

While technically not new to SE, it's only recently that I've started actively commenting and figured it was time for my first post. Having lurked for a few years now, the faces here are always changing and figured it'd be nice to have a current forum where everyone can reintroduce themselves, their backgrounds, what makes them tick or just their favorite things in general.

To start things off, I'm Josh, a 25 yr old structural engineer working and living in Columbus, OH and born and bred in OH (with a 4 yr stop off in Indiana, lol) The first things that started me cooking was helping out with scrambled eggs and making holiday cookies with my mom. And things have only grown from there to winning our chili cook-off at work. Currently I'm trying to get as much of my meat from the wonderful butchers and fishmongers in the North Market; as well as actually keeping to an actual menu for the week. Things on the docket to eventually do are break in my Bouchon cookbook and make rillets or duck confit.

Now it's your turn to let everyone get to know you.