Bacon Dogs; French Festival; Five-Second Rule

Hosted by Evan Kleiman Jul. 14, 2007 Food & Drink

Explore kitchen science: Test the five-second rule, learn about the dangers of plastics and discover the phenomenon of synaesthesia. Get a taste of snack-food trends from bacon dogs to Kool-Aid pickles; visit the Santa Barbara French Festival; catch the buzz on beekeeping; and checkout the weekly Market Report.

Eddie Lin hits the streets to try an infamous bacon-wrapped hot dog; Steve Hoegerman celebrates Bastille Day; Beverly Boddie gets bold with pickles and Kool-Aid; Harold McGee tests the five-second rule; Bill Walker shares which plastics are the safest; Karl Mogel raises honeybees; Dr. Julia Simner explains how words trigger taste with the phenomenon of synaesthesia; and Laura Avery has the Market Report.

From this Episode:

Sweet as Honey

Karl Mogel is a scientist and an amateur beekeeper. Until his recent move to Madison, Wisconsin, Karl had a show on a local Davis, California radio station, where he gave...

7 min

Plastics and Food

Bill Walker, Vice President of the West Coast branch of the Environmental Working Group , a think-tank devoted to protecting the environment and public health, cautions...

7 min

Santa Barbara French Festival

Vive la France!

7 min

Synaesthesia

Synaesthesia is a genetic condition in which one sense triggers another. In the most common version of the phenomenon, words or numbers trigger colors, Dr. Julia Simner...

7 min

Kool-Aid Pickles

It's the food trend that is spreading like wildfire throughout the Southern Delta region and has been spotted as far away as Dallas, St. Louis and Palm Springs. Depending...

7 min

Bacon-Wrapped Dogs

One of the most popular street foods in Los Angeles is the double-pork goodness that is the bacon-wrapped hot dog. A favorite of late-night revelers and club-goers, the...

15 min

Five-Second Rule

You drop a tasty cookie on the floor. Shouting "five seconds!"

7 min

The Market Report

Laura Avery meets Harry Starus of Foodology, who talks about his sprouts and Foodology hummus. Foodology hummus, which has no oil added, is available in several...

7 min