Alvin Zhou make three chocolate cakes. The first one called for 20 ingredients. The second one had 10 ingredients, and the third one was make only from chocolate, eggs, (and a bit of water). Which one was the best? Spoiler – they all were!
Does a 20-ingredient chocolate cake tastes better than a 2-ingredient chocolate cake?
Here's the easiest way to peel a canteloupe
I love learning new ways to easily and efficiently cut fruit. I will always be appreciative of the forgotten person who taught me how to cut a bell pepper (scroll down to see my instructions). Now I have learned how to cut a cantaloupe, thanks to Claire Lower at Lifehacker. "Cantaloupe prep is not intuitive,"… READ THE REST
Recipe-scraping site shuts down after uproar
A new recipe site, Recipeasly, shut down within hours of launching. It turned out that other writers don't want their work mercilessly scraped and republished by a competitor. Recipeasly said it wanted to "fix online recipes" by removing "ads and life stories" when users imported external links. But content creators criticised the platform for breaching… READ THE REST
A new Dungeons & Dragons cook book shows you how to feast like an orc. Or a wizard, for that matter.
Heroes' Feast by Kyle Newman, Michael Witwer, and Jon Peterson is the official cookbook of Dungeons & Dragons, with 80 recipes ranging from Elven Bread and Orc Bacon to Drow Mushroom Steaks to Trolltide Candied Apples and a Potion of Restoration (above). These aren't just cutesy names—the authors did their homework, as they explain in… READ THE REST
This charging accessory will keep you powered in all 195 countries around the world
The time has come. Travel restrictions are loosening everywhere and soon, you'll likely be thinking about travel options that could take you anywhere. It's also time to give some consideration to the devices you plan on bringing on these excursions. While most of us won't be hopscotching around the globe quite yet, it's still never a… READ THE REST
The FlashBooth 2.0 is a portable studio for shooting beautiful product images in seconds
It seems like the easiest project you could conceive. Just take a picture of a watch, or a baseball card, or a hamburger so you can put it up on your website and try to sell it. Now … ask any small business owner, eBay seller, or any of the thousands of online retailers about… READ THE REST
This shimmering LED floor lamp can bathe your room in 16 million different colors
Did you use to have one of those torchiere floor lamps in your college dorm room? Or is there one standing vigilantly next to you now as you read this? Those straight, upright lamps found their way into every home, almost like they were part of some Invasion of the Body Snatchers-style alien takeover scenario.… READ THE REST