Friday, September 23, 2011

got my library copy of Modernist Cuisine!

And boy is it big! And beautiful!  Already had found an idea for a demo - carbonated grapes....
I think I need to try this today! Can you tell I am excited - so many exclamation marks...

Modernist Cuisine - 40 lbs of yumm...

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Cyanide in fruit pits - how many are safe to eat?

The Art of Drink blogger, Darcy O'Neill, calculates how much cyanide can be produced in the human body by the ingestion of cherry and apricot pits: http://www.artofdrink.com/archive/research/cyanide-in-apricot-cherries-pits/

Cherry Pit Spit contest held at Blenheim Cherry Fest, 2009

http://ckdp.ca/2009/07/17/cherry-pit-spit-contest-held-at-blenheim-cherry-fest-photos-and-video/
Best to spit them out!!