This automated ketchup squirting robot has its own theme music... Words do not begin to describe the strange awesomeness of this video.

Mint shares 7 homemade edible gifts that are perfect for the holiday season!

Serious Eats tells the tale of what is perhaps America's oldest soft drink.

Blue cheese and pecanwood smoked bacon make this burger from Albuquerque's Holy Cow taste divine... or is it sacrilegious?

Chocolate chip cookie bars with a pretzel crust ~ A beautiful combination from Two Peas and Their Pod.

The ingredients of this biscuit cake assemble and bake themselves in this fun stop-motion video!

The Huffington Post rounds up their favorite regional snack foods!

The Dead Man ~ A drink of Don Julio Reposado and molé negro garnished with fried crickets.... just a little part of the Don Julio Tequila 70th Anniversary dinner at Writer's Room in Hollywood.

Pulla ~ A Finnish sweet bread beautifully photographed and shared by Pure Vegetarian.

The Irish House ~ A fantastic blend of New Orleans and Irish cuisine that serves as a window into some fascinating regional history. Bailey's Cheesecake, Guinness stew, Guinness, lamb shank, Guinness, shrimp, Guinness, and more!

Sea Salt and Thyme Chocolate Chunk Cookies ~ A sophisticated update to the chocolate chip cookie from Desserts for Breakfast.

Pumpkin Gyoza ~ An interesting twist on classic fall flavors from The Cooking Channel.

An ingenious turkey cooking method from Michael Ruhlman. It's half braised and half roasted!

Eatocracy examines the TSA rules for traveling with food over the holidays. Pie is in! Gravy is out!

Petey Rojas and Inhabitat make an adorable show of baking up some Vegan Pumpkin Cupcakes!

Serious Eats does a taste test of store bought stuffing.

The New York Times' Dining section has turned into a sort of Thanksgiving help command center.

The Black Grouse ~ The Famous Grouse has grown into a covey! Scotland's best selling scotch has a new peatier, slightly darker and brooding brother. Harvard and Stone hosted the Los Angeles launch party!

Food meets network science... Researchers from University of Michigan pulled the recipes from allrecipes.com and mapped the ways in which the ingredients were commonly combined.

Bon Appétit rounds up some great Thanksgiving turkey alternatives like this bacon wrapped beef loin.

Triple Chocolate Malt Cookies ~ Chocolate syrup on chocolate on chocolate morsels on malt action from Novice Chef.

Thanksgiving Dinner Diner Style! Sunset has some great ideas on shaking the holiday up with some more casual presentations... Turkey sliders, bourbon pumpkin milkshakes and more!

Carrot, orange and sweet potato soup with clams and truffle oil ~ La Tartine Gourmande shares a soup to connect the earth and the sea.

Crispy Apple Doughnuts - From Joy The Baker... "Imagine what onion rings would taste like if they were made out of apples instead of onions… and then topped with sugar."

Champagne and fries... an interesting combination and the beginning of a fantastic meal at Sylvain in New Orleans' French Quarter.

5 Easy Ways to Ruin a Turkey ~ Food And Wine shares some Thanksgiving words of warning!

Marmite Chips ~ The Village Voice takes the plunge and investigates this acquired taste.

Gorgeous oven dried tomatoes from Cook Your Dream!

New Orleans! Welcomed to the city with a flaming dessert at Redemption, some jazz on Bourbon Street, and a drink, or three, in a fascinating city!

Stabilizing whipped cream - the kitchn tests out some strategies for making a long lasting whipped cream!

Beet & Sweet Potato Stacks ~ An eye catching plate from the kitchn.

Atwater Crossing Kitchen ~ Tucked away between the Los Angeles river and some train tracks lies a growing little arts community and a kitchen which brings Mediterranean flavor from all the way round the sea.

Bon Appétit highlights the 10 least healthy dishes served at Thanksgiving and suggests some helpful healthy tweaks.

Sous vide at home with Make's DIY guide to building your own immersion cooker.

Dr Breakfast ~ A hilarious animated short from Stephen Neary about deer preparing dinner and a soul's escape to consume everything for breakfast!

The Daily Meal busts some myths about cast iron cookware.

E.T. made of Redvines ~ It's just one of the great licorice sculpture portraits from Jason Mecier in his new show Liqourice Flix... Movie moments captured in candy at iam8bit Gallery in Los Angeles!

Honey under the microscope... Food Safety News discovers that most store bought honey isn't actually honey!

Gorgeous beer battered onion rings from Saveur!

DIY Vacuum-Concentrating ~ Modernist Cuisine presents a way to assemble your own sort of rotary evaporator at home.

The 2011 Chow 13 ~ Chow takes a look at the most influential people in food and had illustrator, Liz Lomax render them out of clay. Their list features Sriracha founder David Tran, My Drunk Kitchen's Hannah Hart, Bompas and Parr and more!

Pear Soup with Pancetta and Blue Cheese ~ A lovely soup from Food52 that's just bursting with flavor!

The Professional Chef comes to the iPad - The classic Culinary Institute of America's textbook is now available full of videos and other digital enhancements on the iPad.

"Big Jug" of Pure Organic Maple Syrup ~ Liquid deliciousness from Best Made... Maple syrup from a small family NH farm using sustainable practices.