Gastropyromania

What do you get when you mix a pyromaniac, a super sick camera, and a lab where one can blow up whatever their heart desires?

Well, this:

Welcome to the world of Alan Sailer - a mad scientist of sorts.  Mr Sailer is a photographer who builds his own air-gap microflash, read, 1/1,000,000 of a second who spends his nights exploding pretty much everything in sight, sometimes to achieve terrifying effects...

But we are interested in his choices of content - fruits, candies, sodas, all blown to tiny tiny bits.  You know, in case you were wondering what your twizzlers looked like from a different perspective...

Enjoy.

For more on this uber-flash : click here.

Gastronomista Guide: Guinness Recipe Roundup for St. Patrick's Day

There's nothing like a Guinness!

Gastronomista Girls love our stout.  There's nothing like a Guinness, or so they say.  Last year we did a story on Ms Nigella Lawson's  Guinness Cake; this tasty cake had us savoring our favorite pour in more ways than one!  This year we are drawing more inspiration from the most classic of Stouts, and doing a roundup of Guinness recipes - savory and sweet!  A teaser: Black and Tan Leg of Lamb, Braised Short Ribs, Guinness Lobster, Guinness and Chocolate Beef Stew...our mouths are watering as we write this!  Read more after the jump.