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Nordic Food Lab Chefs Try To Make Insects Appeal To a Crowd

By Anna Roth Fri., May 10 2013 at 12:30 PM
Categories: Video

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"They're very soft and sort of melt on your tongue," says a chef at the Nordic Food Lab, the culinary think tank for the New Nordic Cuisine movement. "They're slightly sweet ... they're luxurious, they're delicate." He's talking about bee larvae.

If you're looking at the future of sustainable protein, many think that insect-eating will be the long game. The stigma is still that eating insects are pretty gross, but this cool video made by the Guardian shows the efforts of the Nordic Food Lab to make palatable dishes for the public, including wax moth larvae mousse and cricket broth.

See also: At Plaj, New Nordic Cuisine Finally Comes to San Francisco
Energy Bars, Now With Insects


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Coffee Break: Watch Four Dudes Make Music With An Espresso Machine

By Anna Roth Wed., May 1 2013 at 12:55 PM
Categories: Coffee, Video

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Here's a fun "music video" featuring a bunch of jumpsuit-clad warehouse workers (?) making sweet sounds as they assemble a shiny red espresso machine. The video was made by espresso machine manufacturer Sanremo UK in conjunction with The Media Workshop, a digital production company, and screened originally at the London Coffee Festival + UK Barista Championship before making the rounds on the Internet. Take a look.

See also: S.F., Meet the Velopresso, a Bicycle-Powered Espresso Maker
"Deliciousness is My Primary Concern": Watch This 12-Minute Coffee Documentary


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Watch the Trailer For Tasting Menu, A New Foodie Rom-Com From Spain

By Anna Roth Mon., Apr. 29 2013 at 10:30 AM
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Well, the new Spanish flick Tasting Menu has come up with a brilliant plot for a food-themed rom-com. It's the last night at El Bulli-like restaurant Chakula, the "best restaurant in the world," and an attractive couple have a table booked at the memorable meal. The only problem? They made their reservation a year before, and have since broken up. Sounds like a delicious premise to us.

See also: Watch State Bird Provisions' Stuart Brioza Fry a Whole Quail
See What $5 Buys You In Bananas, Coffee, Beer, And Other Foods Around the World
The Magic of Making Food Look Good on Television


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Watch The Zoo's Adorable Baby Tiger Cub Eat Her First Solid Food

By Anna Roth Fri., Apr. 26 2013 at 2:35 PM
Categories: LOLS, Video

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It's Friday! This week was better than last week! What better way to celebrate/pass the time to beer o'clock than by watching a video of the most adorable tiger cub on earth eating her first solid food? (That is a trick question. There is no better way.)

See also: Who is Cuter? Baby Tiger in SF or Baby Baboon in Oakland?
Check Out More Photos of That Insanely Cute Baby Tiger at the SF Zoo
Here Are Some Adorable Animals Eating Things

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Watch State Bird Provisions' Stuart Brioza Fry a Whole Quail

By Anna Roth Thu., Apr. 25 2013 at 4:50 PM
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Chef of the moment Stuart Brioza stopped in to the Bon Appetit offices recently and showed them the secret to the restaurant's signature deep-fried quail (CA's state bird, in case you've been living under a rock for the past year and missed the whole quail trend). Obviously, this is one of those dishes that's probably easier to just go order at the restaurant than make at home -- yes, even though you probably can't get a rez until after Memorial Day -- but it's fun to see how the dish is done and makes you appreciate Brioza's ingenuity as a chef even more (hint: it involves dredging in pumpkin seeds).

See also: State Bird Provisions: Western Dim Sum Constantly Surprises
The Magic of Making Food Look Good on Television
9 Places to Celebrate Quail in the Bay Area

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See What $5 Buys You In Bananas, Coffee, Beer, And Other Foods Around the World

By Anna Roth Thu., Apr. 25 2013 at 4:20 PM
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$5 gets you a lot of beers in China!
A few weeks ago we told you about Buzzfeed's video illustrating what 2,000 calories looks like in everything from bagels to bacon. They've followed it with a video showing what five American dollars will buy you in various foods around the world. Key takeaways: Coffee is at a premium in Italy, you can get enough bananas to feed a barrel of monkeys in Ethiopia (only like six in Australia, though), and the U.S. has the second-cheapest ground beef next to the U.K. Anyway, give it a watch after the jump, it's pretty mesmerizing stuff.

See also: What 2,000 Calories Look Like in Foods You Eat Every Day
Watch What Happens When You Instagram Someone Else's Food
Best Sandwiches in the Movies: Don't Forget The Tiny Bread in Spinal Tap

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Watch What Happens When You Instagram Someone Else's Food

By Anna Roth Thu., Apr. 11 2013 at 3:50 PM
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Yeah yeah, we know that Instagramming food is just the worst thing and making fun of it has already been done to death (remember last year's "Eat It, Don't Tweet It" video?). But what happens when you try to Instagram someone else's food? A pair of jokesters at Hungry decided to find out, and the results are mildly funny. At least enough to make you crack a smile during a Thursday afternoon Internet break.

See also: Our Three Favorite Mixology Parodies, in Honor of This Week's Review
Best Sandwiches in the Movies: Don't Forget The Tiny Bread in Spinal Tap
What 2,000 Calories Look Like in Foods You Eat Every Day


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Best Sandwiches in the Movies: Don't Forget The Tiny Bread in Spinal Tap

By Anna Roth Mon., Apr. 8 2013 at 1:40 PM
Categories: Sandwiches, Video

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We very much enjoyed Bon Appetit's all-sandwich-all-the-time coverage last week for Sandwich Week, but had a few quibbles with their list of the 13 best sandwiches on film. Mainly because they missed one of our all-time sandwich scenes: The tiny bread (and regular sized lunch meat) that causes such a problem for Christopher Guest in This Is Spinal Tap.

See also: San Francisco's 10 Best Sandwiches
What 2,000 Calories Look Like in Foods You Eat Every Day
Our Three Favorite Mixology Parodies

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What 2,000 Calories Look Like in Foods You Eat Every Day

By Anna Roth Tue., Apr. 2 2013 at 4:20 PM
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Just in case you were wondering what 2,000 calories of everyday foods looks like stacked up, the evil geniuses at Buzzfeed have come up with a video showing it. What's interesting: the number of bagels vs. doughnuts that add up to your daily allowance (spoiler: almost the exact same number), the number of bacon strips you'd have to eat if you were eating nothing but bacon (see above: more than you think), and the equivalencies they come up with, like one six-pack of Budweiser is equal to about 12 slices of bread.

Not surprising: the number of calories in Cinnabons and fettucine alfredo from the Olive Garden.

Watch the whole video after the jump.

See also: Check Out This Mesmerizing Video Tracking Foursquare Check-Ins in NYC and Tokyo

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The Magic of Making Food Look Good on Television

By Anna Roth Tue., Mar. 26 2013 at 4:30 PM
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Here's a fun video -- well, more of an ad/promo reel -- showing how German advertising company The Marmalade creates special effects for food television commercials. The shots involve a special high-speed camera and fake food props (we want to see more of the studio that creates fake food, by the way). But what's really interesting is how they talk about creating moments no one has seen before, like the inside of a champagne flute as champs is being poured in, or chocolate dripping in slow-mo (j/k that's in every chocolate commercial ever).

See also: Hey, Critics of the Happy Meal Toy Ban: Banning Fast Food Advertising Does Work
Actual Food Vs. Advertisements Of Food
An Open Letter to All Restaurants Advertising Their 'Secret' Menus

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