Part of our vision for The Sporkful has always been to create a clearinghouse for innovations in the field of eating. Some day we hope to bring all this collective knowledge together to found Sporkful University, motto: Ruminate, Masticate, Promulgate. With these lofty aspirations, you can imagine that it's especially fulfilling when we get emails like the one we received recently
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2qxhWmdIrs?wmode=transparent Our next episode is on BLTs. We examine the ingredients and construction and explain which ingredient is most like Kevin Spacey in The Usual Suspects. Sculptor Claes Oldenburg comes up too. That's his work "Giant BLT" in the video here. Interestingly, the sculpture comes in several parts, so whenever it's installed for display, the curator must make a BLT sandwich,
We talked a bit about the mixing of beer and banana juice in one of our episodes from Germany. German media outlet Deutsche Welle invited me to write a commentary about Biermischgetraenke, the German beverage genre that combines beer with soda, juice, or in the case of the drinks seen here, super sweet syrup. I love German beer, but, as
In this week's episode we consider the breading, dipping and bite technique of onion rings. Naturally, sculptor Isamu Noguchiis part of the conversation. Photo: Flickr CC / katerha
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!
Congress may not be able to agree on much these days, but they're on the same page in at least one respect: They've completely ignored our repeated calls to declare this week "Tell A Friend About The Sporkful Week." Fortunately, you don't need a congressional declaration to celebrate. This week, we're asking you to make an especially concerted effort to spread
This submission comes from Kara Thomas in Macon, GA: This is my post-workout lunch: fake chicken patty, Trader Joe's bean dip (which is a lot more vinegar-based than your typical bean dip so it has the illusion of being lighter on the stomach allowing you to eat more), sharp cheddar cheese (because mild is for pansies), with a side of lemon-heavy