Edible foil
One of the very first projects that we developed for our book was an electric candle cake. We tried several different materials and methods for creating edible circuitry: gold leaf (from Goldschlager), electrolyte-saturated sports-drink-powder, even nontoxic electrode pad gel (YUCK), then finally, edible silver foil. This atomically thin silver leaf is traditionally used as a [...]
Albino Bars
I am a big fan of Skor bars. I bought one at a gas station the other day and found that instead of that nice chocolate brown color it had turned completely white. I grabbed another bar from the same box, unwrapped it, and found the color you would expect—a nice chocolate brown. Considering that [...]
