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Obsessives: The Proper Cup of Tea

James Norwood Pratt is steeped in it.

A Watched Pot Never Boils

With these electric kettles, boiling water has never been so easy, quick, or precise.

That Coffee's Rotten

And other fermentation facts.

To See a World in a Grain of Dry Ice

Does Chef Heston Blumenthal really find perfection?

My new obsession is a Ginger Spread made by a company called “Ginger People.” Its drier than a jam, and sweeter then a marmalade. It tastes great on toast, oatmeal or whatever. Has anyone seen it? I bought it a few...

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Obsessives: Eat Your Sea Greens

Enter the world of seaweed harvesters.

Organic Green Tea Ice Cream (just happens to be vegan and gluten free)

my obsession is slightly different. I like everything to be all white all the time. there’s something about a crisp white table. I’m the same way with sheets. White.

Meet the culinary librarian for the New York Public Library.

LOL, meat, et. al. You each gave me a good giggle this morning. :-D My obsession tends to evince itself not in terms of food, but through cooking equipment. Not humorous, but instead pathetic—I spent an evening recently...

Dear Canada Chowhounds—As our trip to Vancouver approaches, there seem to be so many great eating opportunities that I’m getting a little obsessed with choosing well. Based on your wonderful suggestions, I’ve...

My new favorite obsession: bubble tea! I almost always get jasmine green tea with milk and tapioca. This is an amazing drink because it is light and fragrant and just a little sweet. I have also tried the black tea with milk and...

and expense of getting it? Why not just be happy with the yerba mate? Is being a connoisseur of tea and “having” to have something that’s difficult to come by similar to my often ridiculous searches for hard to...

man food on canal, the tapioca pearls require several days of soaking and stirring and pressing before they can be used in the tea and one is better off merely purchasing the beverages at the teahouses. i, too, am obsessed with...

to add some things that are, er, a bit too direct and impolite for, er, general publication. That I think are important. Because I’ve been severely obsessed for about 3 months, and I want to share the fruits of my...