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The Hungry Scientist Handbook: Electric Birthday Cakes, Edible Origami, and Other DIY Projects for Techies, Tinkerers, and Foodies (Paperback)

by Patrick Buckley (Author), Lily Binns (Author)
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This amusing how-to may be more fun to page through than to put into practice. A collaboration by mechanical engineer Buckley, Binns, and a group of self-proclaimed techie geeks, the book presents projects using scientific principles (and, often, long lists of supplies) to create edible products. There is a lollipop formed around an LED light, bread baked with wild yeast, and a giant polyhedron formed from separate sheets of pecan pie. Additionally, there are projects made with food-related items, such as a measuring spoon stethoscope and a Tupperware iPod boom box. Directions are clear and well illustrated. However, this is not a book for children: some projects use sharp tools or dry ice, never mind the instructions and photos for a caramel bikini! Likewise, recipes for beer, wine, and superchilled martinis make this book inappropriate for school libraries. Well done and fun to look at, it nevertheless has limited appeal and is recommended only for large public libraries.—Denise Dayton, Jaffrey Grade Sch., NH
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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 Bay Area dinner party and resulted in the formation of the Hungry Scientist Society—a loose confederation of creative minds dedicated to the pursuit of projects possessing varying degrees of whimsy and utility.

Featuring twenty projects ranging from edible origami to glowing lollipops, cryogenic martinis to Tupperware boom boxes, the book draws from the expertise of programmers, professors, and garden-variety geeks and offers something to delight DIYers of all skill levels.



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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (September 23, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0061238686
  • ISBN-13: 978-0061238680
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #166,889 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Good DIY, but not so much with the kitchen..., December 16, 2008
By J. Williamson "Spotty Logic" (Austin, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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Not a bad book, and a good DIY/"Fun with Science" textbook. I feel that the book overhypes the "Fun in the kitchen!" idea. The majority of projects in the book are more Junior High science, less "exciting projects for foodies." There's 19 chapters, and only five or so would appeal to food-lovers. Most of these are basic electronic projects that are only loosely kitchen-focused (the least interesting was "make a trivet out of intergrated circuits!") Some of the projects are only tangentally food-related at all (a megaphone in a soda bottle, a pinhole camera in a pumpkin).

And it's not really appropriate for a junior high science class, either, with an emphasis on alcohol and "edible undies" for the opening chapter, this seems to be a book without a really strong sense of audience. If at all possible, open a copy and thumb through it before buying, I'm not really sure who this book is directed at.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gut Innovation beats the WHISK out of Gut Renovation, September 23, 2008
What great fun!! It's the baking soda volcano and the soda bottle tornado -- TIMES 100!!!! This book is rife with clever ideas that will leave you hankering for more time in the kitchen! Between sending my husband out for supplies and bringing my creations over to my neighbors, I don't think I've had this much fun in the kitchen since the renovation of 2002 - when I was literally sledge hammering my way through the bane-of-my-existence formica that had been drilling holes in my psyche for over a decade. THAT is the kind of fun this book restores to your kitchen-weary soul!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A fun book and a great gift, October 1, 2008
I'm a very difficult person to buy presents for, and normally end up with things I don't really want. I was given this book and have really enjoyed reading it and the projects in it.

There's enough here to keep me entertained for many weekends, and I highly recommend it as a present for others!
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1.0 out of 5 stars The Indiana Jones 4 of Kitchen Books
I bought this book because I was under the impression that this was a book about food and cooking techniques. It is not. Read more
Published 4 months ago by K. Bourgault

3.0 out of 5 stars Cute but not deep
It was a little cheesy and kinda looked like every experiment was aimed at having a party activity
Published 4 months ago by T. Amidon

1.0 out of 5 stars Very little to do with food
Very little of this book actually has anything to do with food, or creating food. The title is misleading and so is the back of the book. Read more
Published 5 months ago by B. Stewart

4.0 out of 5 stars Hungry Scientist Handbook
Interesting, amusing, if a trifle surreal! This book contains
some useful practical tips

Published 6 months ago by Roffed Ltd

2.0 out of 5 stars not very scientific
I expected more science like in "What Einstein Told His Cook", but this was mainly frivolous party tricks for TECHIES. Little chemistry or food science. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Max Chen

2.0 out of 5 stars Not as interesting as the cover might have you think
Not as interesting as the cover might have you think. I thought you'd be making reactions out of the ingredients in the food (like when you make a volcano out of vinegar and... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Sarah E. Rosenthal

1.0 out of 5 stars Lousy
I thought this book was absolutely horrible. It was written on a elementary school level, but much of the material was inappropriate for children. Read more
Published 6 months ago by JMF

3.0 out of 5 stars Great book, but not enough food
I was really hoping to love this book, but I found most of the projects to be unattainable. There weren't many projects (I'm more used to cookbooks with come packed with recipes... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Kimi B.

2.0 out of 5 stars Surprise
I bought this book as a gift for a high school science teacher, for which many of the experiments would be great. Unfortunately, the first experiment is "Edible Undies. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Old English Teacher

2.0 out of 5 stars Not appropriate for Children
I bought this book as a christmas present for my dad. It might be a little awkward for him to get a book from his daughter containing a recipe for edible underwear (the first... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Janice C. Marton

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