I tried SodaStream's own Sparkling Naturals ginger ale:

• It's much more expensive than the standard Sodastream syrups. Roughly four times the price per liter. The flavor is not significantly different from the standard syrup.
• The seltzer has a much greater tendency to foam up while adding a Sparkling Naturals syrup than with standard syrup. When the ( Read more... )

About three weeks ago, on a whim, I bought myself a Sodastream system. This is basically the latest incarnation of the old make-it-yourself seltzer thingy - it takes water, and injects CO2 into it to make it fizzy. After it makes the water fizzy, you add syrup - it comes with a sampler pack (12 flavors, one bottle each), and places that sell the ( Read more... )

From today's New York Times - I originally saw it in the Dead Tree Edition, but it's on nytimes.com, too... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/03/technology/circuits/03chef.htm (requires free login)

HOMARO CANTU'S maki look a lot like the sushi rolls served at other upscale restaurants: pristine, coin-size disks stuffed with lumps of fresh crab and rice ( Read more... )