Weird or Good?

Just In Time For Cookout Season: Oscar Meyer Bacon Dogs

Hmm. Avoid altogether...or wrap in more bacon?
May 17, 2013 3:01 pm

I imagine a fight to the death between a chicken, a turkey and a pig...and an animated slab of bacon, I guess, resulting in Oscar Meyer's brand-new bacon dog. Is the media going hog-wild? You bet your chicken-ham. More after the jump.

Creepy Valentine's Day Gift: Print Your Face In 3D...Chocolate

Give the gift of you, in chocolate form
Feb 8, 2013 10:01 am

Within our lifetimes there will be a machine you simply walk into, enjoy a quick scan and exit to receive a detailed miniature version of yourself in any candy variety you like. Until then, there's still a way to give your chocolate self to your loved ones this Valentine's Day. And isn't that what V-Day is really about? Chocolate and you? 

Yes, Somebody Went Ahead And Came Up With A Recipe For Bacon Jell-O

This week's food-related sign of the apocalypse
Dec 3, 2012 4:31 pm
Photo: canida on Instructables

First, there were reports that a global pork shortage was imminent. Fast forward a couple of months and there appears to be such a surplus of everyone’s favorite guilty pleasure that people have started to throw it around in...get this...Jell-O. There's even a nine-step recipe.

Are Bugs The New Pork Belly?

An artist makes the case for eating insects
Nov 23, 2012 11:31 am

Here lies the issue most people have with edible insects: They simply aren’t accustomed to it, while millions more in dozens of countries are. And with good reason: insects are far cheaper and more energy efficient to farm than cattle or other livestock. They’re also healthier, by most measures, being high in protein and important minerals, richer in vitamin B-12, and much lower in saturated fat than conventional meats. Read on.

Testing The Lobster, Passionfruit And Rye Bread Perfumes So You Don't Have To

Demeter fragrances rock the alternative scent scene
Nov 13, 2012 2:02 pm

Hey Jess, why don't you make a perfume sandwich with the lobster, celery and rye bread scents? Hey, one step ahead of you. Smells like I can't get this terrible old sandwich out from under my skin. Check out these reviews of the culinary inspired fragrances from Demeter.

Eau De Umami? Sushi Cologne Is Now For Sale On Amazon

But what does it actually smell like?
Nov 6, 2012 1:01 pm

From the people who brought the world chocolate chip cookie eau de toilette and a fragrance that resembles Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, there is a cologne now available that brings to mind “just cooked sticky rice and straight from the seaside seaweed, laced with hints of ginger and lemon essences.”

A Food Writer Can Hate Marmite, OK?

There's no need to brag about this stuff, mate
Aug 2, 2012 9:01 am
Cat Marmite

I like to think I’m pretty food adventurous. I have no allergies, eat just about everything, will happily gobble down various animal parts, and have never turned my nose up at a cheese no matter how stinky. But there is one food – and I use the term loosely here – that I cannot abide. And you know what, it's OK.

Los Angeles: A Bloody Good Boat Noodle

A tasty broth, heavy on the hemoglobin
Dec 14, 2011 4:01 pm

As the eldest son of a doctor and a nurse, I have become numb to blood. Talk of tricky needles was bandied about like baseball scores, and the plentiful sights of IV bags and gauze punctuated visits to my parents’ hospitals and nursing homes.

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