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Note to Easy-Bake Oven Makers: Boys Cook Too

Why the pink packaging on Easy-Bake ovens?

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A Creation Story: Boiling Hot and Young Hydrogen Atoms Gone Wild!

Akin to the cooling of boiling water over time, physicist Brian Cox says that we are the things that young and hot “hydrogen atoms do” after they’ve cooled and aged over 13.7 billion years. Isn’t that ridiculous? As hydrogen atoms … Continue reading

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What I Had for Breakfast

A spinach, egg, and cheese burrito, as well as some eggs and ketchup on the side. What? And I ate them on this cool Japanese Zen-looking plate I got at Target a couple of days ago. My wife doesn’t think … Continue reading

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Evolutionary Psychology and the Outdoor BBQ: You Are What You Cook?

Did cooking play a big role in making us human? A new book discusses the evolutionary pressure that cooking placed on the human body, brain, and social instincts, and Slate just reviewed it. Money quote: Cooked food, by contrast [with … Continue reading

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BBC Chef Gordon Ramsey Was in Our House!

Metaphorically, so to speak. My wife (who is British) and I love to watch Ramsey’s Kitchen Nightmares, and it turns out that The BBC’s uber-chef was in our town (in California) trying to shape up one of our local restaurants. This … Continue reading

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“Real men eat iceburg”: Walmart Sells Elitist Obama Arugula Greens! I Kid You Not. I Just Bought Some There. Not a Good Sign for McCain-Palin

  I just bought ARUGULA at Walmart. Can you believe it? Above is a picture of the ARUGULA I bought (just to prove it). I wasn’t even looking for it, but there it was. Right next to the spinach. If … Continue reading

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