Things in slow motion look pretty cool. Things that have been frozen in liquid nitrogen and then filmed breaking apart in slow motion look even cooler. Here we have a beautiful clip of nitro-frozen raspberries being dashed apart. The nature of the clip is purely instructional, but is stunning to watch.
Category Archives: Skills
This just in: The Great Nutella Hiest of 2013.
In the small German town of Bad Hersfeld, thieves made off with $21 000 (CAD) worth of Nutella. For those keeping score thats about 6 875 large jars or 27 000 000 calories worth. With climbing food costs, large scale food theft has been on the rise. There have been many high profile incidents, including $18 million dollars … Continue Reading →
The Beauty of Old School Butchery
I came across this video on Youtube. Its from the U.S. National Archive and was produced in 1945. The butchery skills are amazing as is the music and the narration. Note the caliber of the cow at the begingin of the video and the color and marbling of the meat. This movie was made before … Continue Reading →
Some food fun for the new year.
Its the new year and while everyone struggles to get back into the swing of things, we here at notesonameal.com would like to put a smile on your face.
Food Pairing Site
Food Pairing This is a site for pairing foods and drinks – great for chefs and bartenders. Foodpairing shows tasty food pairings based on scientific data – it’s amazing because it takes the worry if “this tastes good with that”. They hold food pairing workshops and also match ingredients to brands. Check it out! Jill
Birthday Round Up: Log Thing
“Quick lad, pipe me a log thing!” I have never seen such wanton, gratuitous use of a pipping bag in my life.
Lucky Charms Sifter.
Tired of eating the garbage cereal shapes in a box of Lucky Charms? Tired of picking out the little bits of marshmallow goodness from each bowl by hand? Are you ready to change your life? Enter the Lucky Charms sifter. This handy device was invented by genius Thomas Lombardi and it does one thing really, … Continue Reading →
I’m Making Pancakes.
This is a great video I found while wandering around youtube. It has some sassy language so I wouldn’t blare it at work. Mac Lethal, spits some mad rhymes while flipping flapjacks. Tight lyrics and perfect pancakes; a win both ways. Enjoy. You can find more Mac Leathal at facebook.com/maclethal.
Herve This
He is the Grand daddy of molecular gastronomy and a pioneer in understanding how food works. He is, also, a little nuts. Here is a wonderful little clip I found on YouTube. Thanks to coolhunting for this great video
Ma Maison enters a gingerbread competition
Just in time for the holidays, the Ma Maison team decided to enter a fierce but fun gingerbread competition. The rules were simple, make “something” out of gingerbread was basically all we were told. The construction had to be 2x2x2 feet and everything except the base had to be edible. Ma Maison came up with … Continue Reading →