July 2009

Scott Gold confronts a gastronomic Godzilla and survives to tell the tale: "Foie gras jelly donut, $16 No way…could it really be?  I spoke the words aloud, just to make sure something in my cranium wasn’t all tangled up like an Oliver Sacks patient, causing me to see things that weren’t actually there.  ”Foie.  Gras. [...]

According to the UK Telegraph, a 24-year old German man lost both hands and very nearly his life in a liquid hydrogen accident.  The details are a bit sketchy, though there is little doubt that liquid nitrogen has to be handled with care.  While often attributed to so-called "molecular gastrononmists", using LN2 for food preparation has [...]

Of course, different cultures will have varied tastes in ingredients, so why not have the ultimate Italian and Japanese mashup?  I give you Spider Pizza.