With all of the restaurants in this country it is hard to imagine just how many plastic (and before that paper) straws are cluttering up landfills. The gross tonnage is probably jaw-dropping. At least there is something you can do at home to help allev…
Top 10 Clever and Cool Cooking Concepts Of 2013
Whether you are a master chef or a bacon-craving amateur, cooking is a part of your life. However, there is always room for improvement, and inventors around the world are constantly thinking of new culinary concepts to make the kitchen less intimidati…
Have Your Soup With An Edible Spoon
This is probably the biggest development in eating utensils since the
creation of the spork. The Edible Spoon is the ultimate in
environmentally-friendly “disposable” spoons. A plastic spoon in a
landfill can take up to a thousand years to degrade enough to return to
nature. Once you’ve digested the Edible Spoon along with your beans and brown
rice, the hard part is done.
When Wine Becomes Music
Playing crystal goblets is a whole lot of fun and all you need is some
water (or wine) and a wet finger to do it. You don’t have to be Sandra
Bullock in Miss Congeniality to manage it either. If you are going to give it a try these Musical Wine Glass…
McDonald’s “Potato Holder” Fits Fries Above, Hands & Cupholders Below
Old & busted: cupholders. New crispy, salty and greasy hotness: the McDonald’s fries holder! Designed to fit car, truck and bike cupholders not to mention pedestrian hands, the bright red plastic “potato holder” is available for a limited time from McDonald’s Japan.
Some Bananas Can Really Get Into A Jam — With Tasty Results
It’s time to stop monkeying around with your standard PB&J sandwiches and really start getting creative. These Ooh Ooh Ah Ah Banana Jams would make Elvis swoon like one of his fans if they had been around during his peanut butter and banana sandwic…
Put The Bite On A Piranha At Nara Kenko Land’s Amazon Fair
Do you choose to chew Piranha? If so, get your appetite to the Nara Kenko Land hotel in Nara, Japan. Until May 12th, the second-floor restaurant is serving a variety of Amazon fare including Deep Fried Piranha, Amazon Catfish burgers and delicious Fore…
The Ultimate Chopsticks For Inept Westerners
Being able to eat with chopsticks is a skill that many of us in the Western world aspire to, much to the amusement of Asians everywhere. After all, where they have been successfully feeding themselves this way for several millennia, many of us could st…
Designer Mahogany Meiji Chocolate Bar Case For Candy Dandies
The Meiji Chocolate Design Wood Case from Japanese jewelry and design house Sweet D Life isn’t only a thing of beauty, it’s destined to make the heartbreak of bent chocolate bars a thing of the past.
Lucky Buddha: Time To Start Upcycling Beer Bottles Instead Of Recycling
More and more people are getting into recycling these days and if they don’t have home pick-up, then they haul it to the nearest recycling center. Then there is upcycling. That is taking an item and turning it into something new without having to reduc…
