Ice cream makes people smile. And, says Vondrous: If it makes you smile it’s health food.
But now German researches have developed a creamy frozen treat that really is healthy. Or, at least healthier: ice cream made from flowers. see more
Zarb. That’s French slag for “bizarre.” It’s also a good adjective for describing the bottle designs for Zarb Champagne. A Zarb bottle may have mini scaffolding climbing up its side or flowers sprouting from its base. It may depict a mermaid swimming amongst bubbles or a close-up of a sweaty bellybutton. It may resemble a ray gun or a fire extinguisher. Each design is the brainchild of the Dutch branding company They, which might have succeeded in its creative mandate a bit too well—Zarb bottles are so vondrous-looking that it is difficult to feel good about opening one and drinking the contents inside.
What wine would you pair with a meal of Giant Toasted Leafcutter Ants? A sommelier might know—if that sommelier also happened to be aboriginal from South or Central America That’s where giant ants are a delicacy. Fortunately (or unfortunately), you needn’t trek through the jungles of Colombia to treat your taste buds. Simply head to the vondrous ThinkGeek store. They describe the toasted ants as having a nutty-bacon taste. But we think they taste like chicken. $20
The Woodinville Age Your Own Whiskey Kit is not a make your own whiskey kit. But your house guests needn’t be told of that distinction. To them—and perhaps to you too—the whiskey you’ll produce from this kit will seem like your creation.
The process is simple enough: Pour some of the un-aged whiskey into the wood barrel, which accelerates the aging process. Then wait three to six months (preferably six). Then pour and enjoy. The whiskey which started the process clear will end it a golden brown.
The $150 kit comes with two 750 ml bottles, a pouring funnel, two tasting glasses and the wood barrel that can be reused five times.
A drawing of Sir Francis Drake wearing a pig snout mask? There’s only one product for which that can be the logo: Sir Francis Bacon Chocolate Peanut Brittle. The peanut brittle has all the sophistication of the famed English vice admiral. The bacon adds all the absurdity of putting a pig snout on said vice admiral. Yet, for a surprisingly large number of people, that unusual combination is tasty. $20.50 for three 3-ounce boxes
Amazingly, this is not the only bacon-chocolate combo available on the market. VOSGES makes a Dark Chocolate Bacon Bar. The Chocomize, the cool design-your-own-chocolate website, allows customers to add either real or vegitarian bacon bits to white, dark or milk chocolate bar creations.
Back in college we used to do shots of wasabi as a sort of dare. These days we don’t need a lubricated party to blow our sinuses with an overdose of Japanese horseradish. All we need is some wasabi gum—it offers that spicy kick to the nose in chewable form. Sadly, we don’t know of any sushi flavored gum but hold out hope of finding some.
