Princess Leia may have been a strong and inspiring female character in Star Wars: A New Hope, but there’s no getting past that her hair looked a lot like delicious chocolate buns.
Jenn Fujikawa agrees, and has realized this yummy hair-inspired dessert with Princess Leia Nutella Buns. Not only is there a recipe for the buns, but Jenn shows us how to reinforce the theme with a Leia plate.
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Someone at McDonald’s New Zealand thought it would be fun for the internet to create burgers online. McDonald’s would provide the platform, Create Your Taste, as well as all the digital ingredients to help get the creative juices flowing. There was only one problem though… most people are assholes.
The result of the campaign became little more than a collection of the biggest burger-building wise-asses on the planet. Results were mostly in good fun, while some were more on the offensive side.
The site appears down now, due to the shenanigans, so the fun’s over. Thanks, wise-asses!
To help celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek, Shmaltz Brewing Company has released two Star Trek Anniversary Ales.
First up is “The Trouble With Tribbles,” a reference to an original Star Trek episode:
“Light Carastan malt gives some residual sweetness in the form of very light toffee. A dose of Munich adds a slight bready quality, and wheat malt lends to a slight crisp character. Mashing at a moderate temperature gives this beer a medium body. In keeping with the intergalactic theme, hopping is comprised of Comet, Polaris, Aurora and Admiral (Kirk) hops. This beer is only loosely filtered to clarity, in order to preserve the ambiguity of good and evil.”
Also, “The Voyage to the Northeast Quadrant,” described here:
“…harnesses a crisp, clean malt character showcased by the use of light Munich malts and brewer’s maze. The aroma is accented by fresh citrus fruits such as lemon and lime with subtle notes of white wine. The crisp malts and fruity aromas are elevated by maintaining a mild bitterness allowing each selected ingredient to offer its individual qualities without being overshadowed by any single ingredient.”
Star Trek Golden Anniversary Ale: The Trouble With Tribbles made its debut at San Diego Comic-Con, and will later appear for sale in the San Diego area. Star Trek Golden Anniversary Ale: Voyage to the Northeast Quadrant will appear at “Mission New York” at the Javits Center from September 2 – 4, 2016.
The problem with any bagel sandwich, is that there’s all that space wasted by the bagel-hole. Sydney, Australia’s Chicken & Sons is here to remedy that.
The Bourbon Bagel turns that negative space into a positive. Besides the Angus beef patty, “Yankee” cheese, pickles, special sauce, bourbon-glazed bacon, jalapeño and bourbon bbq sauce — a shot of Bulleit bourbon is stuffed in the hole. Problem solved!
Why should Star Wars fans have all the fun, with their fancy planetary drinkware? Don’t Star Trek fans like to indulge in liquids, while celebrating their geekdom?
Star Trek Planetary Glassware is here to help. The 5-piece glass set includes Earth, Vulcan, Romulus, Qo’noS, and even a Borg Cube shot glass. Line up the Romulan ale!
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