In this wonderful stop motion cooking video, Adam Pesapane of PES cooks up Pick-Up-Sticks, Rubik’s cubes and a shredded dollar bill.  Of course, this is his zany version of cooking spaghetti.

Poaching eggs in these little Poach Pods is like having floating water lilies in your pot.  They are made of silicone and are microwave and dishwasher safe.  You can use them for baking and molding frozen desserts, too!  From Fusion Brands plus a fun little video to watch!

“The Minimalist”,  Mark Bittman, in his new book, Food Matters, describes how he lost 35 pounds by adopting a diet he calls “Vegan Until 6″.   The New York Times columnist  consumes no animal products or junk food until 6:00. His new book describes the impact that eating so much meat has made on [...]

 
Bob Walden, the chef in charge of sous vide cooking at UC Davis, says that this cooking technique eliminates wastes and maximizes taste.  With 7,000 mouths to feed a day, this makes a difference.

Donn Riesen, 60, president of Ridge Vineyards, died from an apparent self inflicted gunshot wound on Tuesday.  Ridge Vineyards produces some of California’s best red wines, especially Zinfandel.

The one rule to to remember for good nutrition? The Modern Forager offers his one rule advice.

Despite backing by Thomas Keller and Daniel Boulud, Timothy Hollingsworth of The French Laundry loses the international competition to a Norwegian.

The Wall Street Journal ventures into Olive Garden and asks, “What’s real Italian food?”

You can customize all kinds of neat labels for homemade foods at myownlabels.com. They have a wide variety of labels that are designed to be used on canning lids, bottles, boxes and jars. If you like to give food gifts, you will love these products.

 
The ever growing list of recalled peanut butter items shows how difficult it is to navigate the complicated production of food.