They're not the fastest in the world, but Vision Research's line of Phantom high-speed cameras produce some of the best slow motion effects on the web. They can turn violent punches into a chaotic scene of distorted skin and repulsive sweat, or make a night's stay in a hotel room more exciting. Now breakfast gets the Phantom treatment in Breakfast Interrupted, where America's favorite meal gets captured in midair at 1,000 frames per second.
They don't refer to them as "man's best friend" for nothing. Your dog can be your best pal and least judgmental confidante, so make sure you take good care of him or her! When the occasion arises (which is hopefully never), follow the three home remedies below for treatment of fleas, bad breath, and skunk smell—you may even save a few pennies in the process.
This may feel like a Nike ad (and I suppose technically it is an ad), but it's also a based-on-a-true-story-hollywood-motion-picture waiting to happen... This inspiring short film is part of an ad campaign series called Make THE Difference for the TMB Bank, but it's also a true story—here are the facts:
The two fast food restaurants, Farmer Dinner and Burgerville both run their restaurant in a way that supports their local farmers. This provides freshness to their customers. “Our mission is to increase the economic vitality of local agrarian economies,” (Murphy). That’s a bright idea in which local restaurant should take in consideration. We the people should consider the support of local farmers. This will stop the extortion that happens in other countries and stop fast food chain restauran...
A perennial kid's favorite, the tater tot! Why buy overprocessed food when it's so easy to make your own at home? All you need is: 10 peeled and diced potatoes, 8 cups of water, 1 pound of butter, 4 cups of flour, 4 whole eggs, 4 egg yolks, 1 tablespoon of salt and 1 cup of potato flakes. Make your own delicious tater tots at home.
Pinfish can be rigged many different ways depending on the location you are fishing and the type of presentation you want your bait to have.
Fiddler crabs are great bait for many Florida fish but most widely used to catch sheepshead. A small hook is needed when using these small crabs as bait, a size 1 - 1/0 is best for this.
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For those who only eat at fast food restaurants, you should consider traveling to a different part of Los Angeles. There are more options available besides McDonald’s, Burger King, and Carl’s JR. Los Angles is a huge city where you can find a restaurant in every corner. One can clearly observe the love and passion in which the managers expect their food to deliver.
The angle in which you shoot your subject can change everything. Sometimes when you take a picture at eye level looking straight at the object, things can appear flat and not as interesting. But instead of just snapping a picture, try getting down to the subjects level. For example, if you're taking a picture of a flower, get down close to the flower, and maybe angle your lense up, looking up at the flower, instead of looking down. Or angle your lense as if you're looking at the flower sidewa...
CalTech's Kenneth Libbrecht reveals the sublime beauty of snow crystals when photographed with a specially designed snowflake photomicroscope. The physicist is author of the Field Guide to Snowflakes and The Secret Life of a Snowflake, and recently posted an instructional guide for growing your own snow crystals.
Serious Eats' latest Meet and Eat features Todd Barricklow, creator of the Taco Bike, an eco-friendly alternative to the fast growing food truck industry. The 200+ pound bike is equipped with a propane tank, three sectioned griddle, water tank, heat exchanger, wash sink, wastewater hold, ice holder and sectioned food area, trash can, napkin holder, table, money drop, chopping boards and more.
No processed food for you? Then try this recipe for cloning the classic Hostess Cupcake:
Gears: a set of toothed wheels that work together to alter the relation between the speed of a driving mechanism (such as the engine) and the speed of the driven parts (the wheels).
Have you ever wondered what the decomposition of rotting food looks like? Probably not... but now you do. Below: 13 days of time-lapsed, maggot filled rot. Be prepared. You might be inclined to skip lunch today. Other gems by Bang Goes The Theory:
Apartment Therapy's The Kitchn posts an A to Z guide on making sushi at home. Classification of sushi, the rice, the tools, and your fillings: click through.
Yummmmy. Obama's finely shaped head sure makes one hell of a sushi roll. Master chef Ken Kawasumi created this finely crafted American platter at the Tokyo Sushi Academy. The Barack Roll certainly stands out, with its black sesame hair, fish paste teeth, and small ground shrimp for our fine president's skin. I'm also digging the smiley faces: Start small. Make your own sushi now.
Goodbye, point-and-click; hello, point-and-splash! This water-based touch screen by Japanese designer Taichi Inoue is more than just clever and ergonomic, it's downright summery.
Haha.. oh my goodness What a mess of chickens!
Coral Reef Ecologist Jeremy Jackson exposes our Dying Oceans TED TALKS: "How We Wrecked the Ocean"
Samosa House This southern Indian market and restaurant is a stellar choice for any veggie. Their jackfruit is superb! If you've never tried it, please do. It looks like pulled pork, tastes like a seitan or chicken and is a great natural alternative to meat. Lucky you, they just opened up a second location up the street in Culver City! Also the Bharat Bazaar is a great spot to pick up spices, ginger beer and anything you're missing as far as an Indian grocery goes!
Hello World! Welcome to the place wholly devoted to the local surf of Southern California. I am like many people a transplant from the East Coast. I started surfing when I moved here for college 8 years ago.
It pains me to post pictures of ugly cakes, but cake-lovers everywhere need to be in the know. Cake Wrecks takes on the responsibility of showing when pro-cakes go horribly, hilariously wrong...
See how to use FocalPoint 1.0, a plug-in for Photoshop, to simulate a tilt-shift lens effect for table-top food, products or other macro photography. Add depth and dimension to your still life photography by simulating a tilted or shifted lens effect easily in the FocalPoint plug-in for Photoshop. Simulate a tilt-shift lens effect in FocalPoint plugin.
Bored of wasting time standing in front of the sink washing dishes? Rather be anywhere else than in your kitchen wearing marigolds? Don't fear, there is a light at the end of the greasy, crumby food tunnel - Get a dishwasher! Watch this video tutorial to learn how to install a dishwasher yourself. Install a dishwasher yourself.
Watch as Gordon Ramsay comes into your kitchen to show you how to cook like pro. Tonight he makes prepares a quick and easy recipe with pasta and crab. This fast food can be cooked between errands. Make pasta with crab with Hell's Kitchen Gordon Ramsay.
Most people only associate the word detox with the abstinence of certain foods or alcohol, but it can also be a great way to care for your body and mind in ways that will assist the detoxification process, so let this video now show you a variety of ways that you can do this. Detox your mind and body.
When you need pastry or pie dough in a hurry, frozen puff pastry is the king of supermarket convenience foods. It's incredibly versatile and can be used to make a huge array of hors d'oeuvre, main courses, and desserts. Frequent Fine Cooking contributor and cooking teacher Jessica Bard demonstrates some tricks for getting the best results when working with frozen puff pastry. Work with frozen puff pastry.
These tasty little popcorn treats resembling brains are easy to make and lots of fun. Impress the little ones with your food humor. Taste this Marshmallow and Popcorn Brain Balls recipe. Make marshmallow and popcorn brain balls.
The sit, down, and stand commands are the three most basic commands to teach a dog. Learn how to use a food lure to teach your dog the sit, down, and stand commands without using any forceful methods. Train your dog to sit, lie down, and stand.
10 conversational Spanish phrases for use in a restaurant including ordering food and talking with your waiter. Subtitles are included for help with pronunciation Speak Spanish in a restaurant.
Rich in antioxidant, raspberries are a true super food that could even help prevent cancer, so why not try this simple smoothie. It is perfect for the summer and all you need are raspberries, plain or vanilla yogurt, and skimmed milk. Make a raspberry smoothie.
Sarah Carey of Everyday Food shares the three steps to making a tasty Mexican-Style Lasagna.Prepare filling made right in the processor, for step one.Layer the tortillas and then the filling is put in just like a regular lasagna.The last layer will be the cheese. Make Mexican style lasagna.
Martha and Sarah Carey from Everyday Food cook a chicken soup that takes less than an hour. Ingredients you will need are fresh parsley leaves, black peppercorns, dried bay leaf, fresh thyme, garlic clove, carrots, parsnips, onions, chicken and coarse salt. Make chicken soup in under an hour.
Lucinda Scala Quinn, a host of the PBS series Everyday Food, shares her recipe for Jamaican jerk chicken. Ingredients you will need are scallions, garlic cloves, Scotch bonnet peppers, fresh thyme, ground allspice, freshly ground pepper, course salt and a whole chicken with the backbone removed. Prepare fantastic Jamaican jerk chicken.
Fall is the best time to start a bird-feeding program that will last until spring. As the temperature begins to drop, the natural food supply dwindles, forcing birds to look for alternative sources to get them through the cold winter months. A feeder put out in the fall is sure to become a regular stop on birds' winter feeding rounds. The foods birds love include black-oil sunflower seeds, suet, peanuts, cracked corn, peanut butter, thistle, fruit, and shelled sunflower seeds.
Chef Lucinda Scala Quinn of "Everyday Food" shares her recipe for linguine and clams, with Martha.The ingredients are as follows:virgin olive oil,garlic,red pepper,littleneck clams,cornmeal,linguine pasta,coarse salt, and parsley. Make linguine with clams.
John Barricelli of "Everyday Food" makes a marble cake as part of our Chefs' Secrets series.The ingredients are as follows:unsalted butter,cake flour,baking powder,salt,sugar,eggs,vanilla extract,buttermilk, and Dutch-process cocoa powder. Bake a marble cake.
A fast food favorite, the Philly cheese steak sandwich has gained fame far from its home town of Philadelphia. Now you can make this great treat in your own home. Make a Philly cheese streak sandwich.
Learn how to properly react and deal with unexpected guests. This narrated video with step-by-step subtitles discusses how to act, and how to accommodate for the surprise guest. Topics include food portioning, seating and table arrangements, and personal conduct. Deal with unexpected guests.
