Delayed Regret This mid-spice-tier sauce was inspired by the foods that I often regret eating later, but then will immediately consume again at the next available opportunity. Ghost peppers: despite being milder than scorpions and reapers (which are both also included here), these are the angry fruits that tend to have me
Baja Blast Hot Sauce...But Better An Introduction of Sorts Taco Bell held a random drawing to give away a limited number of free bottles of "Mtn Dew Baja Blast Hot Sauce." I tossed my hat into the ring not really expecting anything to come of it, but then I got this email: I shared the
condiment (Not So) Mean Joe Greene The Beginning After moving somewhere with a "backyard," I started growing spicy peppers in pots. Last year, I only grew "mean" peppers (habanero, ghost, reaper, and scorpion). However, a number of my "friends," colleagues, and loved ones are, to put it bluntly, weak and easily defeated by a bunch of
bread The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread Setting the Scene It's 9 am on a perfect Saturday morning. The birds are singing as you roll out of your soft bed. Donning a silk robe, you waltz into your well-appointed kitchen. You grab a slice of soft, supple bread, and drop in your trusty toaster while you turn
main I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Chicken Because it is Butter Chicken! (or Chicken Makhani) Perhaps the first time I had Indian food was when one of my high school dorm-mate's parents made butter chicken for our hall. It was one of the best things I had ever tasted. While I occasionally make some kind of curry,
condiment You won't believe these two hot sauces (#2 is shockingly spicy)! Two very different versions of homemade hot sauce.
dessert Science is Fueled By Sugar So one of the main reasons (actually, who am I kidding... THE main reason) I joined the Macfarlane Lab at MIT is that our boss periodically bakes treats for us (banana bread, cookies, cake, etc.). In an effort to augment the spirit of our small group, I decided to start
main He had nacho and pizza ingredients, you won't believe what happened next.... Yes, it is nacho pizza (and also regular nachos!). I think that if there is any indisputable evidence for the existence of a god, it lies in the fact that nachos have graced our humble planet with their otherworldly deliciousness. I have made nachos and consumed many nachos in the
dessert Making Glass From Sugar (Gingerbread Goblet of Fire) Why Sugar Glass? For some reason, in an undergraduate design class I took at CMU, we attempted to make sugar glass one day. I say "attempted" because it did not work at all. But, thanks to the fact that the winter holiday season celebrates the construction of useless objects from
main Now That's A Spicy Meatball Habanero Meatballs A quest to make a meatball capable of satisfying any spice addict. This adventure was based on this aptly-titled recipe, Meatball Nirvana, with the addition of chopped habanero peppers, the incorporation of Scorpion pepper hot sauce, and the use of homemade bread crumbs. 1. Half of a large
