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S’more Better S’Mores

I love the ingredients of s'mores, but I have a few issues with the way thse ingredients come together. First, I think that graham crackers are a subpar sandwich base, because they're so hard. When you bite into a s'more, you too often lose half the filling out the back, or the cracker splinters and the s'more falls apart entirely.

Inside Nathaniel’s S’more Lab

Eight-year-old Nathaniel Goodyear joins us next week for a special show about s'mores. In preparation for the show, he conducted a series of experiments on alternative s'more ingredients (pics below). I'll be doing work with alternative s'more structures over the weekend, and will post pics next week. It's all in search of a More Better S'more. /dp See the full gallery

The Sporkful

We've gotten great ideas from you on topping burgers. Keep them coming. Here's a taste. Meg marvels at the baroque burgers abroad: You made my fiance very hungry, but you made me laugh because y'all are novices at burger toppings compared to the people here in Uruguay. A burger has on it, minimum, meat, cheese, ham, pancetta. Once

Eight-Year-Old Invades Sporkful Studios

Nathaniel Goodyear joins us in studio for the taping of our s'mores episode, which arrives next week. We'll also be posting photos from Nathaniel's research on alternative s'more ingredients.

White Castle Scented Candle

Yes, this appears to be real. I'm not sure whether the scent has the same effect on one's GI tract as the actual burgers. /dp

The View from Your Laptop

Ground turkey and pork basil garlic sausage a la Michael & Emily. Seattle, WA, 1:06 pm. (See their recipe after the jump.) It's lunchtime, Saturday and I'm enjoying the day off. My girlfriend Emily is not. She is working at the coffee shop across the street. cue HUNGER. We are both foodies so here is what a quick lunch can look like for