Today, thanks to the good folks who work on behalf of Serious Eats advertiser Pure Kraft Salad Dressings, we are proud to bring you a video portrait of Bishop. It's beautifully shot and edited by our friends at Optic Nerve, and it chronicles both Bishop's story and the story of farmers' markets in general. So thank you, Kraft, thank you, Optic Nerve, and thanks in advance, serious eaters, for taking the time to watch.
Posted by Adam Kuban, February 9, 2010 at 12:00 PM
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.
Posted by Adam Kuban, February 7, 2010 at 11:55 PM
We've gathered our favorite food-related ads from the Super Bowl here in this post. Relive them or watch them for the first time and tell us what you thought. My favorites were ... well, I'm not going to say because I don't want to influence voting for anyone who takes the poll at the end.
Snickers: Betty White Tackled
Doritos: 'House Rules' (The Little Kid Settin' His Mom's Date Straight)
If you want to eat clams the sea otter way, float on your back in water, put a rock on your belly, and smash the clam against the rock until it opens. It's way cuter when a sea otter does it. Watch the video after the jump.
Nothing bring the Imperial forces and the Rebel Alliance together quite like good ol' canned tuna (aka "sea chicken") from Hagomoro Foods. Behold 30 seconds of the most WTF-inducing tuna advertising you've ever seen, after the jump.
Posted by Adam Kuban, February 3, 2010 at 12:00 PM
In Japan, February 3 is Setsubun no hi, the bean-throwing ceremony. From Wikipedia:
Roasted soybeans (called fuku mame) are thrown either out the door or at a member of the family wearing an oni (demon or ogre) mask, while the throwers chant "Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!" The words roughly translate to "Demons out! Luck in!" The beans are thought to symbolically purify the home by driving away the evil spirits that bring misfortune and bad health with them. Then, as part of bringing luck in, it is customary to eat roasted soybeans, one for each year of one's life, and in some areas, one for each year of one's life plus one more for bringing good luck for the year to come.
Boing Boing's Lisa Katayama captured video of a ceremony at the Toyokawa Inari shrine in Tokyo's Akasaka district. Video, after the jump.
In preparation for Chinese New Year's, here is a recipe for fortune cookies from scratch. As opposed to the super sweet, chemical-tasting kind that gets thrown into Chinese takeout orders, these are buttery and walnutty with a finely-textured crumb. Continue reading »
