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“Some say cooking is an art form – that recipes are merely guidelines to what makes food delicious. You’ve seen it on TV: a porcine chef sweating enthusiastically over a steaming pot of jambalaya, while tossing fistfulls of spices and shouting “”Wham!”" (or something more trademark-friendly). Chefs like that are good at what they do – they have a feel for cooking, but good food isn’t art. It’s science! What makes food delicious? Is it taste-receptors in the tongue? Can it be that all that makes food delicious is the molecular switching between guanosine diphosphate and guanosine triphosphate bound states on a G protein? Clearly that’s a load of crap. Everybody knows G proteins only relate bitter and sweet tastes. We still have salty, sour and umami to cover. All told, the five recognized “”basic”" tastes – sweet, salt, sour, bitter, umami – are chemical processes. Ions here, receptors there, when all balanced out create these wonderful flavors. Any chemist knows that absolute precision is required when working with chemicals. An extra mole here or there and what had been a delightfully exothermic bubbling beaker is a melted lump of glass and a trip to the eyewash station. Why shouldn’t cooking be the same? A new generation of chef-chemists have risen to take back the pinch, smidgen and fistful. They understand that an acidic fluid, when mixed with sodium alginate and dropped slowly into a bath of calcium chloride solution will create wonderful little spheres that pop in your mouth like caviar. Chill an agar infused liquid in a silicon tube and now you’ve got spaghetti. Mix soy lecithin in sauce and whip it into a light and delicious foam. All this science is available to your next culinary project with our Molecular Cuisine Starter Kit. This fantastic tin box contains everything you need to get started in spherification, thickeners and foaming agents. Not only the chemicals – agar, sodium alginate, calcium chloride, carrageenan, ascorbic and citric acid, and sodium bicarbonate – but all the equipment too! A syringe, pipettes, silicon tubes, measuring spoons and a non-reactive spoon. Included in the kit is also a booklet featuring six spectacular recipes for some amazing new cuisine. If you’ve ever wanted to give Molecular Cuisine a try, here’s a perfect start. Once we whet your appetite, though, we can’t be held responsible for weight gain, flavor overload, or an obsessive need to measure things down to the microgram.”
Molecular Gastronomy Starter Kit
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Step up, Space Adventurer! The world needs you! Whether your strengths lie in jumping, pumping, or redlining light-cycles, your skills are needed to defeat the scourges of the Arcade! That Ape and his fiery minions must be toppled from their perches! The Master Control Program must be de-rezzed! And when it comes to defeating the dreaded Pterodactyl, aim your lance directly into the beast’s mouth! We rely on your deft handling, fine motor skills and pockets full of quarters to help bring down the enemies of all that is good and just! What will the Princess do without your help? What would happen if all those eggs hatched and black-armored riders filled the skies? And what of the poor frog? Will he ever make it home? We have strong faith that we will all prevail, and with your help, victory will come soon. If, however, you need inspiration, we offer these wonderful motivational posters to remind you that you fight on the side right. Printed in a retro-propaganda style, this set of five posters will grace the walls of your bedroom, office, or arcade and remind you exactly why we fight!
Retro Videogame Propaganda Posters
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“We’ll be honest here. We hadn’t heard of Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock until that episode of The Big Bang Theory. You could say that prior to that day we were traditional roshamboists. When we heard Sheldon explain how it works and why it’s superior to your standard-grade RPS, we immediately paused the TV and went over to teh Intarwebs to do research. And indeed, we found the page by Sam Kass, the genius behind this version. His phenomenon must now be part of our life. However, none of us knew anything about this version of the game. So we ended up playing Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock to figure out who had to write the copy for the shirt, which was our first RPSSL item. It went a little something like this: Fearless Leader: “”One, two, three, SHOOT!”" Rules Lawyer: “”What’s that?”" Free Thinker: “”It’s a zombie.”" Rules Lawyer: “”There is no Zombie in Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock.”" Free Thinker: “”Braaaaaainsssss.”" Rules Lawyer: “”There are no Brains in Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock.”" Merchant Monkey: “”Lizard and Spock have Brainnnnnnnsssss.”" Second Merchant: “”Right. And Rock bludgeons Zombie into a small pile of blood, teeth, and hair.”" Free Thinker: “”Awwww.”" Fearless Leader: “”Are you two done? Okay. Again. One, two, three, SHOOT!”" Rules Lawyer: *raised eyebrow* Free Thinker: “”It’s the Large Hadron Collider.”" The symbols for Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Spock in a circle (with arrows for reference on what beats what) on a 16 oz coffee mug. How the Rookies Play with Others Rock crushes lizard. Scissors decapitate lizard. Lizard eats paper. Lizard poisons Spock. Paper disproves Spock. Spock vaporizes rock. Spock bends scissors.”
Rock Paper Lizard Spock Desktop Mug
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“The Universe is an incredible place – so incredible, in fact, that the word ‘Universe’ is worthy of capitalization. There is so much in just the visible spectrum in our own arm of the galaxy, let alone the local group, that to try and document even the most superficial bit of information on it all would be many lifetimes’ worth of work. Attempt it we did, however, and the fruit of our labor is here on this beautifully printed “”Map of the Universe!”" In a span of space barely wider than your finger near the constellation Virgo is a smudge of space filled dozens of so-called Messier objects, all of which are shown on this map. Up near the formation called Canis Major is VY Canis Majoris, the largest known star in the Universe whose surface swells out to the distance Saturn revolves round the sun! Also documented here. Vibrant, decorative and informative, this poster is the perfect addition to any budding astronomer’s bedroom, dorm room, or office. Heck, it’s so pretty, you can mount it as a piece of art in any locale!”
Map of the Universe
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The Malliard reaction is what it’s called when complex starches and sugars caramelize. It makes most things more delicious, plus it ads a nice roasty-toasty golden brown color to your food. Occasionally, the patterns of caramelized sugars can almost appear to resemble something else – words in an ancient language, the visage of mythological or religious figures, and very rarely harbingers of doom. The Jolly Roger, first flown by pyrates in the early 18th century, would appear to sailors and it would often be followed death and fire. Nowadays, the Jolly Roger has symbolized a certain aspect of digital lawlessness, and was often met with injunctions and fines. Now, you can meet it with toast! The Pirates on Toast Jolly Roger Toast Stamp presses a barely noticeable impression of the skull-and-crossbones into your bread. Pop said bread into your toaster, and in a few short moments, out pops a delicious piece of toasted bread – and lo! The Jolly Roger flies bony and menacing in your breakfast!
Pirates On Toast Jolly Roger Toast Stamp
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