Pluck Your Turkey with a Washing Machine and Old Truck
Plucking turkey feathers by hand is tedious. Hacking a washing machine to do the plucking for you is fun!
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The Easiest Hands-Free Sriracha Dispenser Ever
I love Sriracha, the deliciously hot sauce made from chili peppers. I think a splash of Sriracha can really transform most meals for the better. Since we live in an amazing age of technology, I started wondering if I could just have a robot around that would apply Sriracha to whatever I wanted. It’s a […]
Flashback: Kitchen 101: Dicing Onions Like a Pro
By Paul Stern If you use onions as often as I do – in everything from soup and pasta sauce to tuna salad and guacamole – it helps to be able to dice one quickly, efficiently, and without crying your eyes out. Here’s how the pros do it. For a PDF of this technique, visit […]
How to Make Soap from Your Homebrew Leftovers
It’s nearly summer, so we at Noble Brewer would like to take the opportunity to offer you a special summer activity that involves making beer and beer-infused soap! Introduction to making beer and soap At Handbrewed Soaps, we believe that brewing beer and soap are both a science and an art. Just like a science experiment, […]
Artist Shares Origins of Fantastic Food Hats
Wooly head-covering maker Phil Ferguson (aka chiliphilly) sheds some light onto how he got started making an on-going series of incredibly elaborate crocheted hats in this amusing video from the BBC!
Explore Fermentation with Kits from Kraut Source
Karen Diggs’ company Kraut Source sells kits that allow you to explore the fermentation process with any produce you can think of. The fermentation process utilizes a salt brine, which differs from the pickling process in that it generates probiotics. In turn, the probiotics allow you to ingest good bacteria that aid in your digestive […]
Quick Crafts: 5 Minute Inkblot Napkins
Give your guests a casual personality test and add a little extra flair to your dinner table with these striking DIY inkblot napkins from Brittini of Paper & Stitch!
