Food & Beverage

The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for cooking, brewing, feasting and festing.

Recipe: Mini Bird Nest Cupcakes

Recipe: Mini Bird Nest Cupcakes

I’m loving the fun mini bird nest cupcake recipe that Jenn from Rook No. 17 shared today on The Southern Institute! What comes to mind when you think of springtime? For me it’s robin’s egg blue, Easter baskets, spotted newborn deer on their wobbly little legs, flowering trees and the sweet songs of birds nesting […]

Pi-in-a-Jar Wedding Favors

Pi-in-a-Jar Wedding Favors

In celebration of wedding month AND pi day (NERDS UNITE) I share with you this really rad, tasty, and unique idea….pie-in-a-jar wedding favors! I saw this genius idea on Green Wedding Shoes and want to tie the knot all over again using these as our dessert or favor. How very sweet and delcious!

Flashback: Rainbow Pudding

Flashback: Rainbow Pudding

This week’s Flashback project comes just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. The colorful rainbow pudding from Katie Goodman’s Kid’s Kitchen column is the perfect festive snack to serve on March 17. By Katie Goodman Maybe you’re thinking: Why rainbow pudding for St. Patrick’s Day? Well, St. Patrick’s Day folklore often revolves around the leprechaun, […]

Automated Grapefruit Slicer

Automated Grapefruit Slicer

Never risk a squirt of grapefruit juice in the eye again, thanks to Kevin Martin and Hyundo Reiner. The two created this automatic grapefruit slicer as a final project for their Designing with Microcontrollers class at Cornell University. Be sure to check out the incredibly detailed documentation for the project, complete with schematics, source code, and a thank you to their local supermarket for donating the grapefruit.