December 1, 2014 at 2:45 pm

Fried Shrimp in Three Seconds Flat

Fried Shrimp in Three Seconds Flat

Meanwhile in Japan, the most metal way to make fried shrimp ever. The live action demonstration was a spot for Japanese telecom Docomo as a memorable way to tout their high-speed LTE cellular network. No CG was used in the making of this video.

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November 26, 2014 at 12:58 pm

The Art of Plating

The Art of Plating

Watch Niki Nakayama, chef-owner of LA kaiseki restaurant n/naka, plating a selection of dishes from her 13-course tasting menu while explaining what kaiseki means to her. Filmed by The Art of Plating.

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November 15, 2014 at 8:41 pm

Picture of the Day: Carrot Rainbow

Picture of the Day: Carrot Rainbow

Photograph by Stephen Ausmus/Agricultural Research Service Researchers at USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have selectively bred carrots with pigments that reflect almost all colors of the rainbow. Carrots are root vegetables and most carrot cultivars are about 88% water, 7% sugar, 1% protein, 1% fibre, 1% ash, and 0.2% fat. [source] via Wikimedia…

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November 13, 2014 at 12:41 pm

Guy Builds Epic Backyard BBQ Steam Engine Smoker

Guy Builds Epic Backyard BBQ Steam Engine Smoker

Steve, a retired iron worker from Illinois, built this awesome backyard BBQ steam engine smoker over the course of three years. According to his son, “the fire box is from an old farm house wood stove and the wheel rims are from cut up fence posts. He built the water tank and whistles himself…

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October 14, 2014 at 2:16 pm

The New York Times Treats 2nd Graders to a $220 Seven-Course Tasting Menu

The New York Times Treats 2nd Graders to a $220 Seven-Course Tasting Menu

For the magazine’s fall Food issue, the New York Times treated six second graders from P.S. 295 in Brooklyn to dinner at Daniel, where the seven-course tasting menu goes for $220 a person.

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October 1, 2014 at 5:58 pm

This Guy Wants to Grab Coffee with Every Friend on Facebook

This Guy Wants to Grab Coffee with Every Friend on Facebook

We all have ‘friends’ on Facebook but how well do we truly know them? Matt Kulesza plans on finding out, starting a project he calls 1000+ coffees: “I plan to have a one-on-one coffee with every single one of my 1000+ Facebook “friends” over the space of the next three years, or as long…

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September 4, 2014 at 10:20 am

This is Jell-O Bouncing at 6,200 FPS

This is Jell-O Bouncing at 6,200 FPS

Watching cubes of Jell-O bounce in super slow-motion is strangely mesmerizing. It’s just. so. jiggly! Filmed at 6,200 frames per second by Ryan Matthew Smith The song is Paris by Lasers

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