The foam is not very impressive in this picture, probably because the bottle had been transported in my backpack all day and opened a couple of times. It was still fizzy though!
The bottle conditioning worked, and my chicha was fizzy as all get-out. For the longest time, I could NOT get over the fact that [...]

So, as I said in my previous post, I’m fermenting quinoa (and barley) into an alcoholic beverage known as chicha. Here’s what it looks like so far:

Slightly blurry photo (impressionist.) That stuff on top is foam (and plastic wrap.)
I’ll probably have to put up some money to get people to drink it, myself included. [...]

A quick rundown on why I have no friends at school:
1. My partner for the food demo project suggested we do quinoa.
2. I wanted to do lard, as you may recall. He said, “What could you even make with lard?” and I was like, “PIE.” It is the word to end all words.
3. He [...]

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With a special appearance by Maria Callas. See if you can spot her.

So, as an upcoming project for one of my classes, I have to do a food demonstration that translates a nutrition concept (such as “encouraging consumers to adopt new food ideas”) while demonstrating my skillz in teh kitchenz.
In the past, I’ve done slide-shows of penis-shaped vegetables, and written lab reports referring to the mysterious [...]

Did someone say “third piece of pie“?
I’d like to say something about how much fat people eat. I, personally, would be neither surprised nor offended if it were somehow proven that fat people, on average, eat more than thinner people. Of course, this hasn’t been proven, and if it were, there would be exceptions and [...]

Here is a very interesting article about the history of nutrition as a science, and the rise of “nutritionism,” from the New York Times, about a year ago, which I am reading for school.
A little taste:
The story of how the most basic questions about what to eat ever got so complicated reveals a great deal [...]

A famous actress was quoted in the newspaper regarding a role that required her to gain weight. Something about the quote struck me as odd. To paraphrase, she said, “Sure, it sounds great to gain weight. You can indulge all your fantasies of endless chocolate, unlimited pasta and garlic bread…but after a while your blood [...]

…the postman just came to my door and delivered my Christmas present from my mom.
It might just be the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
Happy, happy!
(If you’re an engineer, or a food science nerd, or someone anal enough to love baking but not cooking, this might be just the thing for you — detailed descriptions [...]

Maybe I am a glutton for punishment, but, this afternoon, I couldn’t resist the temptation to watch the show “You Are What You Eat” with Dr. Gillian McKeith.
I didn’t hear a whole lot of information spouted, but the general gist of the show was that she took a woman whose diet consisted almost entirely of [...]

Courtesy of Druxy’s
Ingredients:
1 turkey club sandwich
1 deli pickle
1 Granny Smith apple
1 Rice Krispies square
1 pint 2% milk
1 mouth
First, have a bite of your sandwich, then take a large swig of the milk. You will notice it has gone bad. Gag a little. Run to the sink and spit it out while several people watch in [...]