This week's delectable inspiration from Tasteologie and Liqurious!

Interesting video looking at the history of Fiestaware (since the 30s!) ~ fascinating seeing the evolution of the factory in West Virginia over the years...

Epic Bar ~ nice branding/packaging, intriguing super meaty (Bison, Turkey, Beef) snack bars that are high in protein and low in sugars.

Insect dumplings and sustainable cocktails. A preview of “Sunday lunch in 2063", part of Hendrick’s Carnival of Knowledge for the upcoming Brighton Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe and London Cocktail Week.

Black Tea Ice Cube in my cocktail at The Spence in Atlanta, GA. Fun idea... something amusing about ice on a string too...

Fast Co has a peek inside the upcoming book, Picture Cook: See. Make. Eat. by Katie Shelly

Substantial Chocolate Blind Date is delicious! Handcrafted in Long Beach with cacao, lucuma, coconut, mesquite, date, and pink salt.

HG One Grinder ~ the conical burrs are quite the detail...

Wine + Sake Bottles + laser cut snap fit acrylic + paracord = BIRD FEEDERS! NOTlabs Laser Challenge #9 and #10 are here!

Marie Turnor leather LUNCH bag ~ in metallic!

Laser Cut Dog Treat Seaweed Flyers! Inspired the way maple propeller seeds fly, CA/TN, and Bucky's obsession with paper + flying insects, these make super fun treats as they float and flutter as he leaps! NOTlabs Laser Challenge #8.

Core77 has a nice piece on Rama Chorpash's (Director of Product Design at Parsons) Spring Inspired Spiraloop Masher and the history behind it.

Whole Foods says Happy Earth Day with a TALKING Pineapple Armadillo "Earthling Ambassador" made of ceramic and electronics that just arrived... see the video of him in action.

Fun set of 100 bamboo sticks "for nibbles, parties, vegetable skewers, cheese, fruit etc."

Turned my boyfriend and best friend into little woody Vegetable Garden Guys marking where the romanesco broccoli, cucumber, beans, lettuce, and honeydew are. NOTlabs Laser Challenge #6!

Materia & Nendo's Par Cork Salt + Pepper Shaker

The Juice Bar Brawl! Nice article at NYTimes on the business boom of the juice craze. Also love this Photo Illustration by Tony Cenicola.

Peppersprouts' Kitchen Tea Towels that teach you one of each 50 states' animals (fish, bug, bird, or mammal, etc)! In lime and dark blue on white...

Peppersprouts' (ART)isan Cheese Markers made of laser cut acrylic that you can use a dry erase marker on. Cute packaging too.

Mochicream Mochido = Mochi Donuts! Just found these adorably packaged delights that aren't quite as they seem. They have a coating on a ring of mochi filled with cream/sauce depending on the flavor.

Dunkin' Donuts is testing a Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich

Valissa Butterworth's Mod Collective makes stunning colorful porcelain pieces through 3D Printing and hand moulding/casting colored porcelain.

black + blum Brrrrr Polar Bear Ice Tray ~ adorable!

Koziol Design Babell Small Tiered Serving Plate - incredibly affordable, also perfect for organizing your little things (change, jewelry, keys, what nots)

Domo Toaster!

The Drunken Botanist by Amy Stewart - "...explores the dizzying array of herbs, flowers, trees, fruits, and fungi that humans have, through ingenuity, inspiration, and sheer desperation, contrived to transform into alcohol over the centuries."

Oh Joy! shares how to poach and egg in olive oil - turning it into a poached egg that is more fried egg like...

Polka Dog's Cod Skins ~ love the packaging and playfully delicious dehydrated magic cod skin wands of crispiness (bucky's a huge fan!)

Too cute for words - Alessi & Eero Aarnio's Duck Kitchen Timer! Also, A+R says it has "a duck quack that's too endearing not to make you, er, quack up."

EYESCREAM! Amazing barcelona store for a deconstructed twist on the taiwanese shaved ice cream trend... with incredible branding, packaging, and googly eyes!

Georg Jensen Alfredo Tea Pot - limited edition of 250, by argentinean designer, Alfredo Häberli.

Adorable bread tie art from Marc Johns

Kaleidoscope ~ Lovely geometric/faceted easter chocolates of La Grande Epicerie de Paris and chocolatier Daniel Mercier.

Hangar 1 celebrates their new bottle redesign with a Vodka Tasting Tour in a Box! Alongside their new graduated cylinder like bottle (with rubber stopper!) are dropper bottles of the various flavors and a pipette!

Astronaut Food Picnic Pack - Includes two assorted astronaut ice creams, two space food sticks, and two water pouches, all packed in a thermally lined rations container with Greenwood Space Travel Supply Co. logo.

True Utility TWISTICK - wine bottle opener key chain

Marzipan Robins by pastry artist Rebecca Russell

The Macallan and Oakley team up for The Flask - hardcore Oakley flask on the outside, The Macallan’s first-ever, single cask All American Sherry Oak Scotch Whisky on the inside. And amazing video with fun cars of them testing it.

Lumière au Chocolat by Alexander Lervik -The Poetry of Light Chocolate Lamp. Heat from the lamp causes the chocolate to begin melting. Holes soon form, and as the light grows, the chocolate melts.

Soda & Swine (serving meatballs and soda) and it's neighbor Polite Provisions (they even have cocktails on tap) have just popped up in Normal Heights, San Diego... beautiful branding for an intriguing experience!

Panorama Knife - stainless steel knives with rosewood handles and blades showing the various mountain peaks...

Hangar 1 Vodka's packaging redesign from Stranger & Stranger looks fantastic - love the scientific rubber stopper and volume markings!

TOPO Distillery in Chapel Hill, North Carolina has a Age Your Own Whiskey Kit.

Oreo Super Bowl ad asks - Creme? or Cookie? They take it even further making your favorites out of the one of your choice on their instagram... amazing (and sometimes disgusting)