Month: November 2011

Make: Ultimate Kit Guide 2012: “Kits and Revolution” Podcast

Make: Ultimate Kit Guide 2012: “Kits and Revolution” Podcast

At MAKE, we’re crazy for kits. That’s why we just produced a special issue that’s all about kits, our Ultimate Kit Guide 2012, and are also launching a new website dedicated to kit reviews, at kits.makezine.com. Available at newsstands nationwide, the Ultimate Kit Guide includes nearly 200 reviews of top kits ranging from beginner’s crafts to wooden kayaks to advanced robotics to alcoholic beverages and everything in between.

Leaf-Print Cookies

Jean at The Artful Parent posted a cool idea. Especially timely, as the leaves turn fall colors – leaf-print cookies! She used food coloring to get a bright red, but I bet you could use beet juice to get an equally intense red! Using pecan sandies dough as her canvas, she found that pressing the […]

Secret Santa: John Edgar Park – All-Glass Steam Still

Secret Santa: John Edgar Park – All-Glass Steam Still

Back in 2009, my colleague John Park published his Florence Siphon coffee brewing apparatus in MAKE Volume 17. That’s him, above, goggling up before disengaging the safety interlocks on his infernal machine. I have had the pleasure of meeting John Park on several occassions, but even if I only knew him through his hyped-up internet rockstar persona, a few things would still be obvious. For instance, he is irritatingly good-looking. Also, he takes his beverages pretty damn seriously.