Food & Beverage

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

 Sous Vide Immersion Cooker

$75 Sous Vide Immersion Cooker

Sous vide cooking, immersing vacuum-sealed foods in temperature-controlled hot water, is all the rage in culinary circles, touting incomparable results achieving optimal doneness. But the price tag on most commercially produced machines is a bit steep, with $300 being the bare minimum, on upward to the thousands. Seattle Food Geek Scott Heimendinger was intrigued, but […]

Milk Punch

If you love Valentine’s Day, I think you should celebrate with a drink, and if you hate Valentine’s Day, doesn’t it make perfect sense to smooth out the night with a drink? This Milk Punch from Cocktail Hacker is a perfect bevy for a cold night in, alone, or not! On a side note, isn’t […]

Recipe: Mango Chutney

I like chutney recipes because there is always room to experiment with flavors. Mango chutney is usually sweet and mild, although you can adjust this recipe to suit your own tastes. Using brown sugar will give the chutney a stronger flavor, and using chili peppers will put some punch behind the sweetness.