28 Delicious Culinary Innovations (CLUSTER)

Culinary Photography Boom - The Rise of Food Porn (VIDEO)

If you've ever seen a picture of a food item that's so fresh and luscious that your mouth waters, you've experienced the throes of food porn. Unlike that other kind of porn, food porn is completely safe… [More]

Virtual Cooking Competitions - Iron Chef America for Nintendo Wii (VIDEO)

Perhaps you've always wanted to engage in random fits of culinary exploration a la Iron Chef America but lack the time, opponent or willingness to clean that make such indulgences possible. Nintendo Wii's… [More]

Social Networks for Chefs - CookEatShare.com

If you're into cooking, you must check out CookEatShare.com, a new social network geared at chefs, from beginners to pros. Calling themselves a "Facebook" for home cooks and professional chefs, the site… [More]

Multi-Millionaire Cooks - The World's 10 Richest Chefs (GALLERY)

Name a chef (Boyardee doesn’t count.) Some would say Rachel Ray doesn’t count either because she makes “yum-o” foods on the Food Network. Plus she endorses Dunkin’ Donuts. Rachel Ray is laughing all… [More]

Cook Top Placemats - Modular Grills for Social Dining (GALLERY)

Ultra sleek and sexy are terms that come to mind when I see these modular table top cook-tops, a concept designed by Chris Fox for Electrolux. This is a chic option to the social dining experience of… [More]

Future Celebrity Chefs - The Next Food Network Star: Aaron McCargo, Jr (VIDEO)

The Next Food Network Star is the latest reality show creating buzz in the media. Aaron McCargo, Jr won the title of Next Food Network Star, and his winning video is now whirling around the net. He beat… [More]

Controversial Cuisine - 8 Banned Foods (GALLERY)

We've featured some wickedly daring foods before, but NewsWeek rounded up a delicious sampling of eight forbidden meals just starving for a mention. A mere description in words wouldn't quite be sufficient… [More]

16 of The World's Most Expensive Foods + Alcohol (SUPER GALLERY)

While some people complain when the price of their coffee goes up a few cents, others are dining on $1,000 bagels, $3,700 pizzas, $5,000 hamburgers, washing it down with $71,000 cocktails and then ending… [More]

DIY Exotic Meals - Destination Dinners Recipe Kits (GALLERY)

It's international cooking made easy with the "Destination Dinners Recipe Kits". Even the kitchen-illiterate like myself would be enticed to experiment in the kitchen with the kit's eye-candy packaging… [More]

Food Sculptures - Because It's Fun to Play With Your Dinner (GALLERY)

We've all been told to not play with our food. However, the producer of these creations obviously didn't listen. The collection of images includes everything from a hungry bread monster eating a knife,… [More]

24 Foods You Can Customize - From Peanuts to Ice Cream

You can customize just about everything today, including food. People don't mind paying a premium for these customized products because the concept is still so new to most people, making it a sure fire… [More]

Mobile Cooking Stations - Suzette Lets You Cook Anywhere

The Suzette Mobile Cooking Station is the perfect cooking tool for those who love socializing outdoors with family and friends, yet crave personally prepared and cooked food. The mobile cooking station… [More]

Food Themed Games - Cooking, Food Fights, Puking (VIDEO)

Food Games are heating up in the gaming industry. Wii has many awesome games coming up that revolve around the theme of making food, fighting with food, or even farting and puking because of virtual foods.… [More]

Culinary Assistants - Interactive Digital Cooking Aid (GALLERY)

Hannah Plevin designed a very convenient device she calls an Interactive Digital Cooking Aid. This is a foldable, wall-mounted device with a fully adjustable, removable screen and a scale which comes with… [More]

Color Coded Chopping Boards - For OCD Chefs (GALLERY)

This is a very smart concept for cutting boards. The plastic base resembles a folder file that contains four cutting boards of different colors each one representing a specific food group. The green board… [More]

Digital Cookbooks - Kitchen Sync by Noah Balmer (GALLERY)

All good cooks have their favorite recipes. The organized ones have them on file cards, the really organized ones have them on a laptop. But this Kitchen Sync takes the idea to the logical conclusion:… [More]

Combo-Cooking - Save Time and Energy With Eco-Cook Line (GALLERY)

Designer Kechenyi Camille created Eco-Cook kitchenware, which is designed to reduce energy consumption, saving water and time. In our everyday cooking we often need different pots. This unique pot, allows… [More]

Kids Are The New Chefs - Little Kitchen (GALLERY)

Little Kitchen is a sweet range of kids cookware produced in order to get them involved in the kitchen to help their mother with lunch. The innovative brand also runs a kids' cooking school from their… [More]

RoboChef - Japanese Robot Chef Makes Octopus Balls (GALLERY)

Science fiction fans have been forever awaiting tasty treats prepared by tireless automatons. Finally, the technology is here. A robot chef, created by Toyo Riki of Japan, cooked octopus balls autonomously… [More]

Tailgate Dining - The Exhaust Cooked Burger

A team of Iranian designers came up with this brilliant cooking idea which actually isn’t as disgusting as it first looks. Your car's exhaust is used as a barbecue to grill your food! That still sounds… [More]

Private Chef & Yoga Chez Vous - Yo Dinna (GALLERY)

If you're balancing a heavy workloads and struggling to find time for workouts and healthy meals, Chez Vous is for you. The Canadian company consists of a husband and wife who have merged their passions… [More]

Virtual Cooking Classes - Culinary YouTube (VIDEO)

With the raving success of cooking shows on TV, taking culinary endeavours online was the next logical step. Vancouver-based MakeMySupper is a pioneer in virtual recipe sharing. Now you can share your… [More]

Solar Cooking - Restaurants Introduce Green Ovens (VIDEO)

What better way to eat your greens than by preparing them in a "green" way? Thanks to new advancements in solar cooking, this option is a lot more doable. Earth-happy cuisine isn't limited to personal… [More]

Seaside Summer Camp For Teen Chefs - Learn To Cook At The Marriott (VIDEO)

Cooking has gained incredible popularity due to the influx of culinary TV shows. The Food Network has become a favourite channel among all ages, spurring a generation of teens to consider careers in cookery.… [More]

Turbo Chef Oven - Cook Food Fast Using Airspeed Technology

Don't want to spend all day cooking? Do you want to cook that Thanksgiving turkey in 12 minutes instead of 12 hours? Then the Turbo Chef Oven is for you. Airspeed technology cooks food 15 times faster… [More]

The Wave TV Microwave - A New Paradigm in Cooking and Entertainment

What’s so special about a microwave with a chicken on top? It’s only that the microwave has a TV built into the door! You heard me. Marcel Wanders, super designer and beloved by all turtleneck wearers,… [More]

Beat Baking - Rules of Thumb for Cooking Up a Nice Beat (VIDEO)

Want a 411 on how to cook up a beat? Beardy man (Darren Foreman) UK beat-box champion, runs through a few rules of thumb whilst baking beats. Who woulda thunk you could cook up such a tasty treat with… [More]

Cooking Help by Email

Always messing up when trying to cook? Websites like ChefsLine.com and Chefs.com will provide you with advice via email and instant-messaging. This online cooking support is pretty cool given the recent… [More]

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