food

Watch a Guy Turn Fast Food Into Sushi

Matt Cherette · 12/08/10 03:47PM

If you've ever thought, "The only thing missing from sushi is an exorbitant level of calories and fat," then it's your lucky day. Here, a guy takes all of your fast food favorites and gives them an unhealthy Japanese twist.

This Chili Pepper Is 270 Times Hotter Than a Jalapeño

Max Read · 12/03/10 02:28AM

Chili farmer Gerald Fowler, who is, inexplicably, English, has grown the hottest chili pepper in the world: The Naga Viper, which, at 1,359,000 on the heat-measuring Scoville scale, is 270 times hotter than a jalapeño.

Scientists, of All People, Call Something Boring

Hamilton Nolan · 11/30/10 04:43PM

Bee colors! Useless vitamins! Bad medicine! Big mammals! Cell trickery! Eating kids! Deer danger! And something else extremely boring! It's your Tuesday Science Watch, where we watch science—and try not to doze off, because dang!

Food Writer Ate Bear and Liked It

Maureen O'Connor · 11/29/10 05:41PM

Though bears "look disturbingly like people when skinned," their meat resembles "the darkest part of a high-quality pork shoulder," reports Hank Shaw. He made Siberian bear dumplings and found them pleasingly juicy, much like a Tibetan yak meat momo. [Atlantic]

Doctor Sues Restaurant For Letting Him Eat a Whole Artichoke

Remy Stern · 11/17/10 09:49PM

A Miami doctor is suing Hillstone Restaurant Group, parent of the Houston's chain, after a bad experience with an artichoke. Apparently Arturo Carvajal ordered the off-menu special of "Grilled Artichokes." Then he ate the entire thing, leaves and all.

Overweight People Better at Smelling Food

Max Read · 11/16/10 03:43AM

According to a new study, overweight people have "far heightened" senses of smell for food compared with people who aren't overweight—in particular after eating a full meal. Science: Making the mean joke so you don't have to!

Science Confirms: The Pope Is a Sexy Beast

Hamilton Nolan · 11/15/10 04:14PM

Popey roids! Sex at work! Sex placebo! High stress women! Foodie fashionistas! Fish oil doubts! Salty teens! And old people can get as high as they want! It's your Monday Health Watch, where we watch your health—ecclesiastically!