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Vending Machine Showdown at Slate (VIDEO)

We compete to each create three dishes using only foods in the Slate office vending machine and only tools in the Slate office kitchen. In the end we create Chuckles gazpacho and Chex Mix salad dressing, and filet a Fig Newton.

Eaters Make New Coffee Ice Cube Discoveries

We're strong supporters of using coffee ice cubes in iced coffee for maximum awesomeness without shameful dilution, despite what Marc Maron may say. Our inbox overflows with reader feedback on the growth of this ice cube movement. (Also, our blog overflows with talk about ice cubes in general.) One of Sporkful's earliest Very Important Eaters, Adam has done excellent fieldwork

The Sporkful

Our episode with Marc Maron from the WTF podcast launched a movement to use coffee ice cubes to prevent iced coffee dilution. Actually, we're not sure we can take credit for the movement, but in any case, Sporkful Eaters are documenting its growth. But Jeff writes with a special concern and an ingenious solution of magical

Coffee Ice Cube Movement Grows Stronger

Hot weather means ice coffee time, and as you've heard from our episode with Marc Maron from the WTF podcast, I'm a big believer in iced coffee in its purest form: made with coffee iced cubes. Sporkful Eaters have documented previous evidence of coffee ice cube growth. Now Allen has this fresh example from Lifehacker, which offers various ways to

The Sporkful

In honor of the great Marc Maron'srecent endorsement of The Sporkful, we're replaying his classic appearance on our podcast. Maron describes his dream cup of coffee, Mark Garrison extols the virtues of coffee ice cubes in iced coffee, and Dan explains why Maron's take on coffee makes him like Clint Eastwood in "Unforgiven."    

The Sporkful

When Marc Maron joined us for a show on coffee it happened to be during the Jewish holiday of Purim, when it's customary to eat hamentaschen cookies. So before we got to talking coffee, I shared some of the ones my wife had baked. Here's what happened next.