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Back to the Roots Mushroom Growing Kit

Back to the Roots Mushroom Growing Kit

Near the end of their time at UC Berkley, just 2 months away from graduating in 2009, Alejandro Velez and Nikhil Arora were inspired by a classroom lecture to tinker with the concept of growing mushrooms from used coffee grounds. So, they got to work in their fraternity kitchen with a bucket of soggy grounds and before they knew it, beautiful delicious oyster mushrooms appeared. They were thrilled with the ...

Designer Baking by Studiolav

Designer Baking by Studiolav

Baking is a wondrous craft, carefully measured yet tactile and expressive. These characteristics are applicable to couture, and it seems logical that Studiolav would link fashion and food – more specifically, patterning and baking. Designer Baking, a set of kitchen ...

What Does 200 Calories Look Like?

What Does 200 Calories Look Like?

For the calorie-counters out there: this one’s for you. WiseGEEK.com has put together a collection of 71 photographs, each displaying a different type of food… but only 200 calories of it. Consider “What Does 200 Calories Look Like?” a new ...

Full, Photography Series by Per Johansen

Full, Photography Series by Per Johansen

Don’t expect Danish photographer Per Johansen to present carefully plated dishes served up on a silver platter. Full, the latest of Johansen’s work, is a series that quite literally frames the consumed good with the harshness of the inorganic. Chicken ...

Piamo, Microwave Espresso by the Cup

Piamo, Microwave Espresso by the Cup

Triple skinny vanilla latte, no foam. Iced double macchiato extra whip.  Americano. Venti red eye. Any devout espresso lover knows it just isn’t right to start your day without your choice cup of brew. Although taking the time to go ...

Lumiere au Chocolate by Alexander Lervik

Lumiere au Chocolate by Alexander Lervik

Oh, ladies (and gentlemen, but mostly ladies) have we got a show for you! Your best friend chocolate has just brightened your day in lamp form. The Lumiere au Chocolate by Sweedish designer Alexander Lervik illuminates a room with a ...

Meat Cute by Liz McBurney

Meat Cute by Liz McBurney

Frankenfoods have invaded our refrigerators. Processed to the point of questionably nutritious with a salt content that would make you think our tongues don’t distinguish flavors. What’s going on with the package of chicken that’s only 5 dollars for 10 ...

California Urchin by Robert Benson

California Urchin by Robert Benson

From sea to sashimi, and from uni (“sea urchin”) to umai (“delicious”), photographer Robert Benson captures the journey of the sea urchin in California Urchin. His photographs document the mysterious albeit laborious process of harvesting, cleaning, and preparing the seafood ...

Colourful Winter by Florent Tanet

Colourful Winter by Florent Tanet

Ripe and wonderful, Colourful Winter prints enlighten us with a playful take on healthy choices. Fresh fruits and vegetables in display by photographer Florent Tanet are exposed in curious form. Never before have our groceries seemed so vulnerable. Arranged with ...

Peel Pride by Rianne Koens

Peel Pride by Rianne Koens

The fresh smells of citrus are bright and awakening. A simple orange peel can cheer up a martini. Squeeze of lime puts a kick in guacamole. The hush of pink grapefruit instantly zings your taste buds. The careful thought behind ...

Creative Burger Designs by Fat and Furious Burger

Creative Burger Designs by Fat and Furious Burger

A good juicy burger hot off the grill (maybe you go for the buffalo kind today, live on the edge), piled high with your choice toppings, some avocado, shredded lettuce, a thick slice of tomato, little mustard, a tinge of ...