DIY Sous Vide Heating Immersion Circulator for About $75
I’ve recently been fascinated by the idea of sous vide cooking – a method of slowly cooking vacu-sealed foods in a precisely controlled water bath to achieve the optimal doneness. Last year, Sur La...
View ArticleDIY Sous Vide Controller, version 1.5
It’s been a little while since I checked in, but I thought I’d give a quick update. I’m hard at work getting production versions of my sous vide heating immersion circulators ready for sale. The...
View ArticleDIY Hickory Smoked Salt
If you haven’t noticed, flavored salts are becoming wildly popular. On a recent trip to Whole Foods, I spotted an aisle-end display with no fewer than a dozen varieties: some infused with spices,...
View ArticleVideo: DIY Cotton Candy Machine from a Blender and a Tin Can
Do try this at home, but don’t burn your house down! This turned out to be one of the more dangerous machines I’ve ever built. The goal was to make a cotton candy machine out of parts I had lying...
View ArticleI’m in Make Magazine!
My $75 DIY Sous Vide build make was just published in Volume 25 of Make Magazine, the premier publication for hackers, modders and DIYers and food geeks the world over. I re-wrote the instructions...
View ArticleDIY Prosciutto in a Wine Refrigerator
Did you know that you can cure meat at home using nothing more than a wine refrigerator? This was my first attempt at meat curing, and I’d say it went fantastically well. This project was inspired...
View ArticleHow to Hack Your Grill Into a Superior Pizza Oven
Update: Andris Lagsdin, fan of Modernist Cuisine and steel expert has just launched a Kickstarter for Baking Steel, a low-cost slab of pre-cut steel for baking pizzas and breads in just the way I...
View ArticleHow to Make an Animated Jack-O-Lantern With a Smartphone or Tablet
I love pumpkin carving – it’s my favorite part of Halloween. This year, I decided to do something a little different with my jack-o-lanterns: animate them! I was inspired by the guys at DigitalDudz,...
View ArticleHow to Make Cotton Candy with an Aerolatte
My previous attempts at DIY cotton candy were insanely dangerous, and frankly, a lot of work. However, I realized that my Aerolatte might be an even better tool for the job. The Aerolatte is sold as a...
View ArticleDIY Laser-Cut Gold Leaf Drink Coasters
So what's the next step in advancing my home cocktail program? Custom drink coasters, naturally. I made these laser-etched, marble and gold coasters to match the pattern on my ice stamp, which is...
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