Binging with Babish: Lemon Pepper Wet from Atlanta
Adults CreativityLemon Pepper Wet is an Atlantan institution, virtually unknown outside the Peach State until Donald Glover's groundbreaking series made us salivate without even showing us the pay dirt. Look behind the Pulp-Fiction-style glowing MacGuffin and see the saucy, zesty wings underneath with this week's episode. Shout out to J. Kenji Lopez-Alt for his groundbreaking oven wing technique.
The sound illusion that makes Dunkirk so intense
Adults CreativityWhy Christopher Nolan is obsessed with Shepard tones.
LITERATURE - Goethe
Adults CreativityGoethe is one of the great minds of European civilisation, though his work is largely unknown outside of the German speaking countries. He deserves our renewed attention.
Can you find the next number in this sequence? - Alex Gendler
Adults Creativity1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221. These are the first five elements of a number sequence. Can you figure out what comes next? Alex Gendler reveals the answer and explains how beyond just being a neat puzzle, this type of sequence has practical applications as well.
The real secret to sushi isn't fish
Adults CreativityHere's how it rolled from rice paddies into your burrito.
Card Throwing Trick Shots | Dude Perfect
Adults CreativityIs card throwing the new water bottle flipping?
Vincent van Gogh's long, miserable road to fame
Adults CreativityVan Gogh's travels informed the works we revere today.
LITERATURE - George Orwell
Adults CreativityGeorge Orwell is the most famous English language writer of the 20th century, the author of Animal Farm and 1984. What was he trying to tell us and what is his genius?
Binging with Babish: Tomate du Saltambique from The West Wing
Adults CreativityPresident Josiah Bartlet, apart from being a charismatic and noble leader of these United States, had a real thing for food. Be it the Butterball turkey hotline or pumpkin soup with cheese gnocchi, the man knew both good policy and food. If only he weren't a figment of Aaron Sorkin's imagination, much like this interpretation of Alain Passard's dessert tomato.
Binging with Babish: Fish Tacos from I Love You, Man
Adults CreativityI Love You, Man is a timeless Rudd-Segel vehicle for comedy, romance, bromance, and for a few fleeting and beautiful moments, food porn. Fish tacos are shared amongst bros while they talk about about sex and stuff - don't you deserve the same? Show your best male-friend how much you care with a plate full of these tacos today.
Can you solve the fish riddle? - Steve Wyborney
Adults CreativityAs the cargo director on the maiden voyage of the S.S. Buoyant, you've agreed to transport several tanks containing the last specimens of an endangered fish species to their new aquarium. Unfortunately, the boat is battered by a fierce storm, throwing your precious cargo overboard. Can you get the fish to safety and save the day? Steve Wyborney shows how.
LITERATURE - Voltaire
Adults CreativityVoltaire was one of the wisest, funniest and cleverest people of the 18th century. He continues to have lots to teach us about toleration, modesty and kindness.
Binging with Babish: Tampopo Ramen
Adults CreativityTampopo is a genre-bender ahead of its time, affectionately referred to as a "ramen western". Like spaghetti western. But Japanese. Hence the ramen. It's a play on words, you don't get it. This 1985 foodie flight of fancy features a 'ramen master', who artfully studies and mindfully consumes his bowl of steaming noodles and broth.
Turning Wood Into A Bowl
Adults CreativityThe Netherlands-based artist Thomas Anton Geurts has created a tumbling bowl from walnut, cherry, and hard maple. The three materials contrast with each other perfectly, allowing Geurts to create a trippy looking 3D arrangement. Article
Painting Self-Portrait In Front Of The Mirror
Adults Creativity"Around 3 hours of trial-and-error for a loose but recognizable result." Article
Binging with Babish: Chocolate Cake from Matilda
Adults CreativityMatilda, Danny DeVito's thunderous directorial follow-up to Hoffa (1992), features an inexplicably tempting chocolate cake, despite its open admission of containing bodily fluids. Sit down and consume this entire confection today alongside Dan Pashman of The Sporkful.
How the bendy straw was invented | Moments of Vision 12 - Jessica Oreck
Adults CreativityToday, Americans use an estimated 500 million drinking straws every day. But where did the idea for this beloved utensil come from? In the twelfth installment of our 'Moments of Vision' series, Jessica Oreck shares the origins of the bendy straw.