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The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra

Veggies are good for you. They are also pretty to look at. But did you know you can also listen to them?
The First Vienna Vegetable Orchestra (Das Erste Wiener Gemüseorchester) is an Austrian group that makes music with vegetables. continue reading...
The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
Today is April Fool's Day of course. Every year this day rolls around I remember the best food-related April Fool's hoax ever: the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest documentary broadcast by the BBC. continue reading...
Yes, the pot did survive

Yes my friends - Swiss stainless steel triumphs over food disaster! Here is a picture of the pot that got a little bit singed a few days ago.
It had to be soaked for about 4 days, and scrubbed a few times to get all the black bits off, but it's as good as new now and back in regular rotation.
Restaurant Blinde Kuh: dining in total darkness
Oops
I'd like to interrupt my usual flow of posts about mostly edible food, to bring you a small culinary disaster.
Strawberry, strawberry
This monster strawberry, that looks like - and was the size of - 3 regular strawberries all fused together, showed up in a batch bought some days ago, and since then I haven't been able to look at any strawberries at the store without a twinge of fear.





