Press Club ~ San Francisco's wine lounge and tasting room now offers an ever growing collection of eclectic beers! The are getting as serious about beer as they are wine.

Geometry of Pasta Tea Towel ~ A fun design from To Dry For capturing the same love of the look pasta as the book, but in towel form!

Split Decision Pie Pan ~ The perfect pie pan for when you can't make up your mind!

Clift's Living Room playfully maintains the feeling of a hunting lodge, replacing stuffed animal trophies with a whimsical portrait series of a toy collection by Jean-Baptiste Mondino.

A Chef's Stand and Stylus from Belkin ~ A great way to use your e-cookbook and keep it clean!

This Peruvian chocolate was once thought extinct. They managed to bring it back and Montage Deer Valley makes it the centerpiece of their housemade chocolates.

Tasteologie vs A Rainbow Trout ~ Montage Deer Valley invited us up to Utah to try our hand at fly fishing with delicious results.

A closer look at some of the beer made for Montage Deer Valley in which we meet the hotel, Utah, the brewer, and an adorable dog.

A beautiful nest of whole wheat carbonara with caviar, avocado halibut crudo, and gelato topped in cotton candy.... just some of the amazing dishes at Culina, a modern Italian restaurant in Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills.

Demitasse ~ Little Tokyo's new cafe and coffee bar features a ever rotating variety of single source coffees like this freshly siphoned pot of Tanzanian Peaberry Kanyovu... and a fun video of the siphon in action!

Artfully plated food takes on a new meaning at Playa. Chef John Sedlar serves up delicious mixed media art installations, cleverly utilizing art under glass to recontextualize the food on the plate and change the story it tells.

A new gnocchi board from Williams-Sonoma gets put to the test with some beautiful purple potatoes!

A brilliant abstract video from the mind of a food stylist Charlotte Omnés. Lobsters, fencing, and music from Black Moth Super Rainbow!

Alice Waters and Levi's team up with their artistic friends (including Dave Eggers and Sophia Coppola to name a few) and make T-shirts supporting Edible Schoolyard. Even the tags can be planted!

Real Men Cook Breakfast For Their Women ~ Some sound advice and a fun poster from the How To Project.

Fridgeezoo ~ Little fridge companions that encourage you not to leave the fridge door open and a series of hilarious videos showing them in action.

Tovolo Pie Molds ~ These contraptions make pie crust cutting and pie filling a breeze for hand held pies!

Stanley Nineteen13 Carbonated Drink Bottle ~ A neat way to keep your drink both cold and sparkling on the go.

We just made NOLET's Silver Champagne Sangria ~ A delivery of fresh champagne grapes makes for an exciting afternoon and cocktail!

Woodward at Ames Hotel in Boston features some great signature cocktails like a Meyer Lemon Gin Fizz and some amazing housemade BBQ chips!

This grumpy looking fish is actually a piece of vegetarian sushi from Tsujitka LA, a new LA noodle shop that doesn't actually have noodles. It does however have a beautiful interior by Takeshi Sano.

Students at MIT have been teaching one of Willow Garage's PR2 robots how to bake cookies from scratch. It's a little heavy handed with the spatula, but the videos of it in action are nevertheless fascinating to watch!

Fun video of Reggie Watts doing some a cappella techno for Nando's.

Ancient Sidr Honey ~ Collected from hives in the mountains of Yemen, this amazing honey is just one in the vast collection of honeys and cheeses that we tried in The Loft at Montage Laguna Beach.

Gilt Taste presents this oddly hypnotic film of dancing salt shakers that's reminiscent of old dance routines and synchronized swimming.

Deep Fried Fluffernutter ~ Studio City's Black Market Liquor Bar serves up interesting cocktails and features a delicious menu from Top Chef's Antonia Lofaso. It's full of gems like deviled quail eggs and deep fried peanut butter and fluff sandwiches!

HotSpot Portable Notebook Grill ~ An easy-to-carry grill that folds down flat. Great for impromptu grilling sessions. See it unboxed!

A peek into legendary Carmageddon weekend LA Street Food Fest's Summer Tasting - A look at the Baja contingent and this ridiculously tasty dish that won both Best in Show and the People's Choice Award...

Genuine Father's Office Quality & Style IPA Beer Floats! and buttermilk ice cream sandwiches! Father's Office, the Los Angeles craft beer and burger Mecca, just added dessert to the menu. We try them firsthand...

Bourbon Bacon Caramel Corn ~ Just one of the draws at the funky downtown Los Angeles hang out Villains Tavern!

Früute ~ A brand new mini tart speciality bakery in West Hollywood, featuring beautiful tarts and some interesting flavor combinations, like yuzu and wasabi!

Beer Belly ~ A new Los Angeles gastropub in K-town featuring all Southern California craft beers off the wall culinary creations like mac n beer cheese and deep fried twinkies.

Flex picker ~ This automated industrial robotic pancake picker is amazing! Watching it arrange pancakes on an assembly line is mesmerizing.

Prosciutto Tower ~ Melon, prosciutto and chunks of Parmesan cheese in a cleverly presented twist on prosciutto e melone at the new Mr. C in Los Angeles.

Plymouth Pink Gin ~ A cocktail that's literally straight from the source: water fresh out of the picturesque reservoir that supplies the Plymouth distillery, bitters, and Plymouth gin!

A guided tour of Beefeater London ~ The massive distillery offers a fascinating look into the long history and the art of London gin... plus a gin botanical petting zoo!

Montage Laguna Beach Chefside Studio Dinner with a gorgeous view of... the kitchen! Soft shell crab with soba noodles, black truffle stuffed brie, Hudson Valley duck breast with bing cherries, and a fantastic blackberry tart!

This garden has potato boxes, nasturtiums, ocean views and so much more! Food doesn't get more fresh than the Montage Laguna Beach's Studio where this is all steps away from the Chef's kitchen.

Cheese is Alive. Nurture it! ~ Formaticum's Cheese Paper aims to keep it that way a little longer with some fun packaging and great graphic design. Includes video of the cheese paper in action!

iPads make breakfast in bed happen at the new Mondrian SoHo in NYC - Take a peek at my divine french toast, the blue hued room, ipad add, and more!

An amazing breakfast in the beautiful Imperial No. Nine garden at the new Mondrian SoHo in NYC... the garden motif taken from entrance to bar is gorgeously fun ~ and so much glass and light!

Rotary evaporator made Worcestershire sauce infused tomato water - A peek into the Hudson Hall science lab of a kitchen with Chef Jasper Schneider. Check out the video!

Eggfruit! Found at the La Reine Farmers' Market on St. Croix. It's powdery, sweet and great in smoothies!

Modernist Cuisine and the Wall Street Journal present this interactive hamburger.