Too Many Cookies
Sorry about our dearth of posts. We’ve been baking our holiday cookies – 3,678 of them. We promise to post something good tomorrow. Lots of love, The Cooking Issues Team
If We Make It Through December
posted by Nastassia Lopez with Dave Arnold We have wrangled our first celebrity wish list skoaler! If you are not familiar with Merle Haggard stop what you are doing and get yourself to Google.  Dave is a huge fan of this country music icon. Dave sings Merle tunes around the office, and he has his two young […]
Tech The Halls: Easy Holiday Cocktails and Treats
posted by Nastassia Lopez It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas Holiday in the lab. A thick layer of liquid nitrogen has settled in, our intern Fabulous is canvassing local Christmas tree stands for fallen pine branches, and the drinks are flowing. Wednesday night Dave and Nils hosted the FCI holiday cocktail demo. They […]
Cocktail Science: Does Crushed Ice Dilute More?
posted by Dave Arnold     A while back we did a post on whether or not the type of ice you use in a shaker affects the dilution and temperature of your finished cocktail. Turns out it doesn’t (most of the time). For the nitty-gritty see here and here. Most people say, “Yeah, I know about […]
Bacon and Hams (1917): Our First Book Review
posted by Dave Arnold  We are the “Tech N Stuff” blog. Here is some “N Stuff.” I have many pig books.  Bacon and Hams, by George J. Nicholls, is one of my two favorites of all time (here is the other). It is weird, witty and beautiful – and unavailable today. It was published in 1917 […]