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Genetically modified, glow-in-the-dark pigs

By Julius • Jun 4th, 2008 • Category: Video & Entertainment

Yum!



Chineyman carves up chicken in 18 seconds

By Julius • May 29th, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

Martin Yan…chop-chop!



10 Best Beers + 5 Best Breweries, 2008 World Beer Cup Winners

By Julius • May 21st, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

Gold, silver, and bronze medals were won in 91 categories of beer judged in the 2008 World Beer Cup competition held this past weekend in San Diego, CA.



Weird Alien Fish

By Julius • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Video & Entertainment

And you thought we were talking about Lime Cay…



The body bakery?

By Julius • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

Kittiwat Unarrom has a master’s degree in fine arts and creates bruised and battered heads, feet and other internal organs at a bread shop in Thailand. He started using his skills and made sculptures out of bread.



Eight forbidden gourmet treats

By Julius • May 19th, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

Chicago’s gourmands got some good news this week when the city’s two-year-old ban on foie gras was officially lifted. The repeal was a defeat for animal rights groups who pushed to ban the French delicacy because it is made from the fatty livers of geese and ducks that have been force fed.



Sushi Sunflowers

By Julius • May 19th, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

To promote his new book Super Sushi Chef Ken Kawasumi has attempted to recreate one of Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflower paintings using only raw fish.



Party at Alligator Pond

By Julius • May 19th, 2008 • Category: Features

Smoked marlin, ricotta spring rolls, jerk rosemary tenderloin with bearnaise sauce and a 50th birthday party on the idyllic south coast near Alligator Pond, St Elizabeth.
It’s not every day one lives to half a century, but if you do, make sure the food makes you glad that you made the journey.

Photography by Peter Dean Rickards



The Miracle Berry: Native to Jamaica

By Julius • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

Imagine an extract from a berry that would make sour things taste sweet and help you lose weight. Then imagine not being allowed to take it.



Evaporative Cooling, Electric-Free Refrigerators

By Julius • Apr 21st, 2008 • Category: Food, Travel & Leisure

Much of the post-harvest loss of fruits and vegetables in developing countries is due to the lack of proper storage facilities. While refrigerated cool stores are the best method of preserving fruits and vegetables they are expensive to buy and run.