Cinder blocks are quite possibly the most boring material ever. And really, when's the last time you saw someone make something creative with them? Well as it turns out, it actually doesn't take a whole lot of effort to transform boring old cinder blocks into a work of art.
Take a quick look at the photo above. From what do you think the stones are made? … read more
The new Bosch VitaFresh refrigerators work so well, they've kept prehistoric meat fresh for the last 65 million years. At least, I think that's what's going on in this write-up at Ypsilon2 (sorry, my Portuguese ain't so hot).
Traditional pizza ovens feature stone or brick floors, which retain heat and redistribute it evenly across the cooking surface. The intense and immediate heat from the preheated stone surface allows the dough to become crispy while maintaining a delightfully chewy texture.
To replicate this at home, one could spend $2,000-13,000 and buy a proper wood burning pizza oven, il forno di pizza. A more popular route is to purchase a “baking stone” or “pizza stone”, a flat, rectangular or circular slab of ceramic designed for the home oven.
Unfortunately, unless you purchase a top notch stone, which are about $70 dollars for a m… read more
