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The Hungry Scientist Handbook: Electric Birthday Cakes, Edible Origami, and Other DIY Projects for Techies, Tinkerers, and Foodies
Inventive, (mostly) edible DIY gadgets and projects guaranteed to captivate
"The Hungry Scientist Handbook" brings DIY technology into the kitchen and onto the plate. It compiles the most mouthwatering projects created by mechanical engineer Patrick Buckley and his band of intrepid techie friends, whose collaboration on contraptions started at a memorable 2005
...morePaperback, 205 pages
Published
September 23rd 2008
by Collins Living
(first published 2008)
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I am not a Techie, Tinkerer or Foodie but the premise sounded interesting and I was expecting fun experiments I could try and possibly share with my Girl Guides. The book wasn't quite what I was expecting. It's for adults and those who know a lot about technology. I know how to do most things on a computer and I wrote a VERY simple program once but I couldn't follow most of the instructions. There are a couple of "mini" projects throughout the book and those are the only ones I could p...more
OK book, but somewhat disappointed. Definitely a geeky book, so that was good. However, there was too much emphasis on tech/electronics/etc. and not enough on the food itself.
I got this book on loan from my dad who thought I would really enjoy it. As a chemist and someone who enjoys food, I did enjoy the quirkiness of this book.
This book is an interesting read and more of a coffee table type book than a reference book. The twenty projects featured in it vary widely: from folding wonton wrappers into cranes, to a solar powered temperature sensing coaster, to edible underwear. This is a project book focused on the adult crowd: many projects feature alcohol or...more
This book is an interesting read and more of a coffee table type book than a reference book. The twenty projects featured in it vary widely: from folding wonton wrappers into cranes, to a solar powered temperature sensing coaster, to edible underwear. This is a project book focused on the adult crowd: many projects feature alcohol or...more
This is a terrific collection of projects (sometimes loosely) based on food. My very favorite crazed science foodies, Evil Mad Scientist Labs, contributed several projects to this book. I should confess, it's why I bought the book in the first place.
Lots of fun projects here to try, especially if a) you've got at least a passing interest in electronics or b) if you don't mind a bit of adventure with your food. A couple of the things in there stretched the concept a bit, I thought ...more
Lots of fun projects here to try, especially if a) you've got at least a passing interest in electronics or b) if you don't mind a bit of adventure with your food. A couple of the things in there stretched the concept a bit, I thought ...more
I do absolutely love this book. Complete with instructions on how to make light-up lollipops with LEDs, fizzy lemonade with dry ice and edible origami.
That said, I'm an engineer by trade and thus, know how to do a lot of the things in this book; like, soldering, reading circuit diagrams and obtaining liquid nitrogen.
Do keep in mind that this book is designed for Techies and Tinkerers. Heck, it does say the book is a Scientist's handbook. So don't wade into this book wit...more
That said, I'm an engineer by trade and thus, know how to do a lot of the things in this book; like, soldering, reading circuit diagrams and obtaining liquid nitrogen.
Do keep in mind that this book is designed for Techies and Tinkerers. Heck, it does say the book is a Scientist's handbook. So don't wade into this book wit...more
I really like the premise of this book, but it just didn't quite do it for me. I guess I was kind of hoping for projects that would be fun to do with my kids someday, but most of the things in this book are either too technical or too boring (i.e., why would I bother?). As I read the book, none of the projects made me think, "oooh, I want to do that," it was more, "meh, I guess that's kind of cool."
I would probably make the liquid N2 ice cream sometime, but alre...more
I would probably make the liquid N2 ice cream sometime, but alre...more
This book was very entertaining and left me with wanting to do the things in it. I am not techical enough to accomplish quite a bit of the things in this book, as they require the use of electrical wires, batteries, and other things I'm not so good at. The one thing I wish they had inclued the plans for, was the marshmallow launching Lego trebuche. That I could build.
Hugely fun. Only a few of the chapters are actually food and some of the projects are quite finicky to get working, but it's wide-ranging, including electronics, chemistry, kitchen appliance modification, and silly projects like a LEGO marshmallow trebuchet. I loved this.
This book has some fun little projects that were more fun to read about than undertake. Some were too elaborate, like an icosahedron pecan pie and solar-powered coasters, while others looked do-able, like edible origami and dry-ice root beer.
There are some nifty projects to check out in here, but they are just a bit complicated for the average person. I'm definitely intrigued by the projects using dry ice though; they sound like a lot of fun! This is a unique book to browse through and would appeal the techies and tinkerers more so than the foodies.
Full of intriguing applications and fun food factoids. Given the intricacy of the recipes, however, I have a hard time imagining I'd use this cookbook.
Sandy
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library check out period expired before i got a chance to try anything!
Lots of fun! Just the type of thing I'd like to have time to play around with, although I'd be inclined to veer away from engineering and more toward biology ... of course!
This was a little too hard-core for me. Most of the projects involved a lot of time and effort, but they were neat ideas.
Looks really cool! I haven't had a chance to try any of these yet besides the dry ice drinks, which were definitely impressive-looking though didn't taste as fizzy as I'd hoped. But if I had access to a metal workshop I would definitely build the amazing pie-cosahedron.
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Not for elem/jr high kids. Too technical, boo.
Pretty cool, but for hardcore scientists.
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