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 Robyn Lee, November 10, 2009 at 12:30 PM
In honor of Sesame Street's 40th anniversary, Ella Morton of Rocketboom chats with Cookie Monster to talk about his diet, the origin of om nom nom nom nom, and his cookie-eating method. Video, after the jump.
What is water? According to Look Around You, it's impossible to describe, but they carry out a few highly controlled experiments to unlock the mysteries behind this element, H-twenty. Watch this video after the jump.
"I love lunch / It's half the way to dinner / I love lunch / If that's a sin then I'm a sinner." If you love lunch so much that you feel the urge to spontaneously burst into song before eating, you'll appreciate this performance by Improv Everywhere, filmed at the Trump Tower atrium for a segment on The Today Show.Watch the video after the jump.
Posted by Erin Zimmer, November 6, 2009 at 12:00 PM
"Everybody should have a go-to pie dough or tart dough that they do in their sleep," says Pim Techamuanvivit (aka Chez Pim), who recently came out with a cookbook called The Foodie Handbook. Here she shows us her go-to, which really does look ridiculously easy.
Making a pie crust from scratch always sounds intimidating but this approach is more like playing with Play Doh that happens to turn into a deliciously flaky, buttery crust. (And you can do it straight on the countertop. No bowl required.) Pim finishes it off with frangipagne (she blends the almonds herself, avoiding almond meal) and fruit for a rustic galette. Become a pie dough expert in four minutes, after the jump.
Hollowed-out loaves of bread designed by R&E Praspaliauskas are available at dadadastudio.eu for €22 a pair. Or you could find two shoe-sized loaves of bread and make them yourselves (for purposes unbeknown to us). If you need more instruction, here's a video on how to make bread shoes, after the jump.
A plucky fly straps a pepper shaker to its back and spreads sneezing powers around the world, saving many innocent lives in the process. Argentinian animation studio Tatanka made this short film to promote peace—and maybe pepper. Watch the video after the jump
We've all experienced dry turkey. The kind that's just bad enough, you wonder why the pilgrims didn't eat prime rib during that first fall. The solution? Brining. And here's why. Continue reading »
