See the full gallery on Posterous We had a fantastic meetup in Berlin, a highlight of my Germany adventure. It was a great turnout for our first European gathering. I met several cool Eaters, including one from Dresden who uses Sporkful as a tool to teach English to students training for work in food and hospitality. (Really!
Did you miss our gatherings of Sporkful Eaters in New York and Honolulu? Can't make it to the meetup in Chicago this Friday? Was it because you live in DC and those are awfully long hauls for happy hour drinks? Then mark your calendar for Monday, July 25th, because this is the meetup for you. I happen to be in
Sporkful listener J, currently serving in Iraq, has already brightened our blog with pics of the food available at the base, from (non-alcoholic) German beer to MREs. Now, in response to our recent show on water, he sends this picture of the water storage facility on his base. I'm pretty sure that water is not going to escape. J also asks,
Dan and Mark come in from the cold of winter to talk hot chocolate, whether made with milk, cream, or even water and Swiss Miss. They debate marshmallows, whipped cream, booze and other warm, weighty issues. /mark Photo: Flickr CC / scottdshaffer
Longtime Sporkful devotees (with your help, we're still working on figuring out an official name for the fans) will remember that our second episode was on ice cubes, which sparked various discussions afterward. Among the topics we discussed, fighting the tendency of ice to dilute a drink as it cools it. Giant spheres of ice are one common strategy
Today's View is a love letter to the overstuffed Brazilian burger, the X-Tudo. From Dave: It boasts all the normal hamburger accompaniments like tomato, lettuce, onion, cheese and bacon, but goes above and beyond by having a slice of ham, fried egg, corn and potato sticks. Brazilians have added these ingredients to create a whole new dimension of taste and texture