This is an introduction to how food chemistry can create high-quality, low-cost, last-minute awesomeness that gives you full creative control over special effects makeup.
Posted by gryphern
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It’s easy and fun to create adorable edible pumpkin decorations in no time. Just use delicious almond paste, or marzipan to sculpt as if you were working with clay. Almond...
Posted by Brookelynn Morris
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This simple rocket fuel uses potassium nitrate as an oxidizer to allow sugar to burn rapidly. The product of combustion expands energetically, and this makes it an effective fuel for...
Posted by James Browning
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Just where and when humans first observed the chemical reaction between oil and potash is unknown. One legend says it was at “Mount Sapo” in ancient Rome, where a creek...
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Growing up I was quite accustomed to the yearly ritual of selecting the largest turkey we could find and babying it through the roasting process. However, once I married my...
Posted by Emilee Gettle
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This is a fairly well-known stunt, especially since Mark blogged the work of Dominic Wilcox on Boing Boing back in 2004. The methods circulating on the web generally favor the...
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
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I wanted to see if it was possible to make soap from bacon fat. The bonus challenge: to make the soap look like bacon.
Posted by Tim King
Design spooktacular effects for pumpkins.
Posted by Wendy Frauenfelder
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Biodiesel is vegetable oil (often used) that’s been chemically converted into a fuel thin enough to spray through a diesel fuel-injection system. No special equipment is needed to “cook” a...
Posted by Rob Elam
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Drill patterns into hard-shell gourds and let the light in.
Posted by Diane Gilleland
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