Tag: Food
Yelp is great and all, but it’s seriously lacking in the get-me-to-the-nearest-pizza-as-soon-as-possible department. I mean, think about it: First, you have to open search, then type “pizza,” then figure out which result is the closest, then select it and ask Yelp to give you directions. Thankfully, Pizza Compass, released this week, simplifies that process significantly. […]
Earlier this spring, we told you New York state legislators were moving to ban the sale of shark fins, a process that often targets abandoned species, subjecting them to what the Humane Society calls “extreme cruelty.” Today, we can happily say that the state Assembly has unanimously voted to pass the ban, and that the […]
IBM supercomputers have already beaten Kasparov at chess and Ken Jennings at Jeopardy. Now, the company hopes to take on the Anthony Bourdains, Alton Browns, and Gordon Ramsays of the world with a machine that’s designed to assemble recipes like a gourmet chef (t won’t actually cook, unfortunately). As Co.Design points out, the vague, abstracted idea of what […]
The popular conception that the South has America’s most obese people may be wrong, according to a new study. Conducted by the University of Alabama at Birmingham, possibly in attempt to regain the South’s good name, the researchers found that the most obesity is actually in the Midwest, in states like Minnesota, Kansas and North and […]
Finally, delicious chocolate eggs with neat little toys inside have been freed from the oppressive binds of the Food and Drug Administration. To get around the FDA rule that prohibits Kinder’s famous eggs, which bars foods sold with “non-nutritive objects” completely encased inside (choking hazard, natch), a brand called Choco Treasure developed a new, U.S. […]
Here’s the latest and greatest example of the over-the-top, pop culture-themed cupcake trend: Blue Velvet cakes, featuring that infamous ear sitting atop a shock of green, suburban grass. Much better than red velvet cupcakes, amirite? Recommended pairings: Pabst Blue Ribbon and creeping existential dread. Baked by Alyssa Onofreo. (Photo: Alyssa Onofreo/Tumblr) […]
The possibility of a world without Twinkies has dissolved. People panicked when the pastry giant Hostess declared bankruptcy, but today, Leon Black-owned private equity firm Apollo Global won ownership of the company with a $410 million bid, the only offer placed. Rejoice and celebrate by eating a Twinkie, then feeling a little nauseous. And for those of […]
The Image Toaster from German designer and engineer Scott van Haastrecht searches Google Images for a random picture related to the current date, then “prints” it onto a 6×6 pixel grid on a piece of toast. Finally! Today’s toast might feature a crude rendering of Barbara Streisand, for example, or the seal of the Department of […]
Graphic designer David Schwen has been posting works from his Pantone Pairings project on Instagram, and they are so nice to look at. Schwen has creatively combined Pantone swatches with two foods that go together: Chicken and waffles, spaghetti and meatballs, peanut butter and jelly, and so on. Appetizing art: Double win. The series has […]
These rather unsettling photos of, er, artfully arranged food mélanges being shoved into human mouths come from the mind of photographer Mathieu Frossard. They may not rev up the viewer’s appetite, but they certainly accomplish some sort of visceral effect. Also featured in the series are some mouth-watering platters of ornately garnished horse hooves, fish […]
