The Modernist Beat Volume 3

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I have been sitting on this one for a little while.  Mostly trying to cover science-y/food convergence type things.  If you have links to suggest for the next one, just pop a comment up in this bitch.  Without further adieu:

From the 'how do you get to be a test subject for this study' dept.
Scientists have improved on the perfect hangover cure: The Bloody Mary.

Where Math And Sausage Infinitely Converge.
I give you... the Mandelbratwurst.

Locannivorism
In the 8th case of its kind, a man self cannibalizes his own finger. Is this a horrifying trend, or is it really just self foraging? I personally look forward to the negative Yelp review.

Obligatory Modernist Cuisine Book give away
Marcel's Quantum Kitchen is sponsoring a Modernist Cuisine Book giveaway over at grubstreet. All you have to do is suggest a theme for a future episode. I suspect that Marcel detractors have already suggested self cannibalism or some form of modernist mutilation.

Do white chocolate and epoisses pair well together?
Probably not, but go to Foodpairing.com to find out. They just got a stellar makeover and the site is looking slick.  Now all we need is for Khymos to set up another TGRWT.

Speaking of Khymos...
Martin has an excellent post on making the perfect egg yolk.

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