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WATCH: Danny Bowien Makes Jimmy Fallon Cook With Absurdly Huge Chopsticks

by Tina Nguyen

Yes, they look like props from a late night comedy show -- but any self-respecting Asian knows of the enormous chopsticks that their parents used for stir-frying. (Remember, the ones the length of a child's entire arm?). Danny Bowien respects the giant chopsticks.

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Eddie Huang On Cooking With Weed (And Cheetos)

by Tina Nguyen

Incredible revelations about the Human Panda abound in the latest edition of High Times. For instance: did you know that Eddie Huang smokes the reefer? If you didn't, prepare to be totally astounded by the rhapsody of weed that is this interview.

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Martha Stewart On Her Ex-Husband: 'He Went Nuts And Left Me! Can You Imagine?'

by Mariella Mosthof

Martha Stewart stopped by The Dr. Oz Show today to hawk her new book Living the Good Long Life, and while conversation turned inevitably to her Match.com dating life, she revealed a few bawdy tidbits we didn't expect to hear from ever-cordial Martha.

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GIVEAWAY: Tickets To Meet (And Eat With!) Adam Richman And 40 Of NYC's Best Chefs

by Laura Norkin

Richman's hosting the NYC event for the third year in a row, and says, "whenever you have a chef that's like, 'this is just something I'm playing with,' you know that's always going to be the dope shit." You know what else is dope? Winning free tickets to The New Taste of the Upper West Side. See how right here:

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Go Behind The Scenes At Butter With Alex Guarnaschelli’s New App

by Mariella Mosthof 1:44 pm, May 9th

Alex Guarnaschelli just launched a new app called Upfront, which basically takes us behind the scenes and into the life of our newest minted Iron Chef.
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WATCH: Least Threatening Drones Ever To Deliver Beer To Summer Concert Crowds

by Tina Nguyen 1:15 pm, May 6th

You would think that America, the great nation which invented drones and multiple mechanisms that move beer from Point A (kegs) to Point B (your belly), would have gotten to the beer drone first. You win this time, South Africa.
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WATCH: This Video Of 48 Hours Of Foursquare Check-Ins Is Utterly Hypnotizing

by Tina Nguyen 1:41 pm, March 22nd

There are two responses one could take to this video from Foursquare, which tracks the types and times of check-ins in an average day in both New York City and Tokyo. Plus a bonus option which includes listening to Pink Floyd while high.
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High-Tech Tip Jar Foils Credit-Card Wielding Coffee Grinches

by Tina Nguyen 10:36 am, March 13th

In sunnier days, a barista could bring home nearly $3 more per hour thanks to the generosity of the tip jar, but who uses cash these days? Will this new invention save us from our stingy selves?
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Google Glasses The Next Instagram? Bar Threatens To Toss Patrons With The $1,500 Specs

by Tina Nguyen 11:56 am, March 11th

A Seattle restaurateur recently placed a ban on cyborgs entering his bar, saying that any humans augmenting themselves with $1,500 Google Glass will receive immediate “ass-kickings.”
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WATCH: Finally, An App That Lets You Translate Those Chinese Characters On A Menu

by Tina Nguyen 12:01 pm, January 27th

But the best part about Waygo is its video ad, in which it demonstrates how this app can help its users look Culturally Aware and In The Know, while preventing them from being inflicted with LameWhitePerson-itis. (They’re so lame!)
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WATCH: One Day, Computers Might Be Better At Creating Recipes Than Human Chefs

by Tina Nguyen 3:40 pm, December 26th

Bow down before your new kitchen computer overlord, because all chefs are obsolete.
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WATCH: Nathan Myhrvold Might Bring Modernist Cuisine At Home To The iPad

by Tina Nguyen 12:52 pm, November 16th

Buried in the middle of Nathan Myhrvold’s Google Talk about his new book Modernist Cuisine At Home is a revelation: the chef and former Microsoft CTO might soon be bringing the $110 cookbook to a computer tablet.
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Ferran Adria Explains Why Bullipedia Needs To Exist

by Tina Nguyen 12:00 pm, November 9th

Sad food lovers, there is a very good reason that Ferran Adria has turned his focus to the El Bulli Foundation instead of making you foams and ices in the now-closed kitchens of El Bulli.
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With New App Panna, Your Favorite Celebrity Chefs Can Live In Your iPad Like Captured Sprites

by Tina Nguyen 2:50 pm, November 1st

Because regular old cooking apps weren’t enough: there’s now an app that, for a fee, a subscription, and some magic, will bring your favorite celebrity chefs onto your iPad to teach you how to cook real good.
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