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Michael Singer

Culture

WTF (What the Fish) Is Gefilte!?

The FDA's Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia makes no mention of a gefilte fish. So what are the fishy patties that are traditionally served at Passover Seder?
Culture

How Snacks Make Geometry Easier to Swallow

How to use crackers to visualize the Pythagorean theorem. Math is delicious!
Culture

Cool Japanese Office Supplies if Your Boss is Willy Wonka

I was looking for the perfect pad on which to jot strawberry shortcake tasting notes, and the Japanese company, Nuts, really came through.
Cooking

Bon Appetempts

Though there are many blogs that post their results from our recipes, we really get a kick out of one called Bon Appetempt.
Culture

Chess to Impress (The Fridge is King)

Milan's upcoming "Art of Chess" exhibition will feature chess sets interpreted by top-notch contemporary artists, and a few have a special appeal for the food-lover.
Cooking

Psycho Donuts Qu'est-ce que c'est?

See the unusual offerings of a California donut shop.
Cooking

Puppy Dog Cupcakes and the World's Cutest Food

If you can't handle pictures of acutely adorable cuisine, then don't click.
Culture

Food as Art

Witness the amazing stylings of a self-proclaimed bento artist.
Culture

Score Points with Tetris Dinnerware

See a dinnerware collection inspired by the rotating block game, Tetris.
Culture

Foodie Financial Advice

These fun food-shaped wallets can really help you "conserve" cash.
Culture

5 Inexpensive Valentine Gifts for Your Significant Foodie

Here are some inexpensive non-food gifts that will remind your foodie darling of your love well beyond February 14.
Culture

Move Over Rob Pattinson Doll, There's a More Flavorful Toy in Town

Play Burger contains four vacuum sealed beef patties, cheese, buns, and unchopped produce that will let you "be a burger man in your own kitchen."
test-kitchen

Pepsi Throwback Taste Test (This IS Your Mama's Pepsi!)

Pepsi has re-released a "Throwback" soda made with real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. Find out how its flavor compares to a can of modern-day soda.
techniques

Plant a Crisis Garden, Survive a Nuclear Holocaust

A sensational commercial from "your friends at Solutions from Science," offers crisis seeds to provide an endless supply of nutrient-dense foods for your family.
Culture

Cheddar Cheese's New Mousecot

A masterful animatronic designer has made one of the best cheese commercials we've ever seen.
Culture

The Sweetest Music You'll Ever Taste

A German satisfaction pioneer named Peter Lardong has finally accomplished the once unattainable by creating an edible chocolate record that actually plays music.
techniques

Onion Tears

I suffer from a medical condition of very sensitive eyeballs, or what my doctor calls "being tremendously lame."
Lifestyle

A Plate That Scolds You for Eating Too Fast

A new device from researchers in England could help improve the health of people who suffer from scarfing.
Culture

Baking Playlist

If these eight tracks don't put some shake in your bake, well, you just don't have enough rock in your rolling pin.