STIX glasses

Posted on May 6, 2008 Under Gadgetry

If you've ever found yourself in the rare, but nonetheless frustrating predicament of needing to eat sushi while you have only your glasses on you, Brad Gressel's got an inventive solution. The American industrial designer's STIX eyeglasses give you a…

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Get Your Grill On

Posted on April 22, 2008 Under Food

Warm weather means more than shorts, t-shirts, and flip flops...it also means it's time to brush off that grill and start bbq-ing. Whether you're a carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore, you're going to need more than just fire and coal to…

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Foster Farms: Transformation

Posted on March 10, 2008 Under Food

Not since Frank Perdue and his poultry-looking family sold us on his "all natural" birds have we been so taken with an advertisement for chicken. Foster Farms has taken Dove's "Campaign for Real Beauty" ads (the he ones where models…

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Goo-ology

Posted on March 5, 2008 Under Food

I remember walking into A Salt and Battery the first year I lived in New York, and having heart palpitations when I discovered that at Easter, they do deep fried Cadbury Créme Eggs. As disgusting as that sounds, you shouldn't…

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Choplery

Posted on February 27, 2008 Under Design

Plenty of people love to showoff their chopstick chops while chowing down on Chinese food. They'll specifically ask for the troublesome utensils in order to impress their friends as soon as they reach the table...and sometimes, if you look over…

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St. Regis Hotel: Interactive Menu

Posted on January 31, 2008 Under Food

Paper just got a little more obsolete. A week after Orange and UK ad agency The Alternative debuted a much buzzed about no touch interactive phone menu in the window of its Carnaby Street store, NYC's legendary St. Regis Hotel…

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Happy Pills

Posted on January 24, 2008 Under Food

Mary Poppins had it right. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Even better, what if the sugar is the medicine. Designed in Barcelona by studio m, Happy Pills is a modern day collision between confectionary and apothecary.…

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Top Secret Recipes

Posted on January 17, 2008 Under Food

We know you love swinging by your local neighborhood chain restaurant for both the ambiance and the quality eats, but sometimes dining out can get a tad bit pricy. If only you could employ your own skillet skills to serve…

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Metromint Goes Chocolate, Yum!

Posted on January 2, 2008 Under Food

Our pals at Metromint are at it again. Back in March of 2006 they launched Spearmint (I'm still waiting on my stock options), then in early 2007 the super-genius mintologists launched Lemonmint and Orangemint -- also stellar flavors. But who…

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Brownie Points

Posted on December 11, 2007 Under Food

Scientists say that when you eat chocolate your brain produces the same chemical it does as when you're in love. Well since it is the season for giving, why not give your chocolate-loving loved one a double dose of that…

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