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When I was a kid, I used to love my Ez-Bake Oven. So now that I'm a tech geek, I will definitely be ordering the PC Ez-Bake Oven from ThinkGeek!

The only problem is, where will I find a 5 1/4" drive bay?

I've been on a diet for about a month now, and while I have managed to lose almost 10 pounds, I'm still hungry a lot. So when I found this, I was so excited!

Also, from ThinkGeek, The Gastron promises to make your hunger go away -- a high-tech solution to your dieting woes!

Using the Gastron(tm) - Remote Controlled Hunger Eliminator - you can easily control your exact hunger level at any time. Simply swallow the tiny non-digestible Gastron base station and use the remote to adjust your personal hunger level. The base station inflates to fill your stomach, giving you that satisfied full feeling with zero calories.

I came across an interesting story involving Elvis Presley and late-night cravings. Reminds me of college, when we would go to any lengths to get our munchies after a late night at the paper.

The recipe, however, couldn't be more disgusting. I think this violates my "everything tastes better with bacon" rule.

From Hebdomeros:

Fool's Gold Loaf

INGREDIENTS

2 T margarine 1 loaf Italian white bread 1 lb / 450 g bacon slices 1 jar of smooth peanut butter 1 jar of grape jelly

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 350F/180C. Spread the margarine generously all over all sides of the loaf. Place it on a baking sheet in the oven.

Meanwhile, fry the bacon in a bit of oil until it is crisp and drain it thoroughly on paper towels.

Remove the loaf from the oven when it is evenly browned, after approximately 15 minutes. Slice the loaf lengthwise and hollow out the interior, leaving as much bread along the walls as desired. Slather a thick layer of peanut butter in the cavity of the loaf and follow with another thick layer of grape jelly. Use lots of both.

Arrange the bacon slices inside the cavity, or, if desired, layer the bacon slivers between the peanut butter and jelly. Close the loaf, slice and eat.

Serves one if you're Elvis. Serves 8-10 if you're a regular person.

How cute are these Yoda and Chewbacca Papercraft Easter Egg Boxes, illustrated by Star Wars artist Katie Cook, that can hold decorated eggs or candy or even your paperclips on your office desk?

Saturday night on the copy desk, once again we discussed how much better the Reese's Peanut Butter Easter Eggs taste than the regular PB Cups. (Apparently we have nothing better to do than to discuss things like this over and over again.) We began to speculate on why that was, and most of us figured it was the chocolate to peanut butter ratio. However, some people thought that the Cups had a higher ratio, and some thought they had a lower ratio.

On the way home last night, I decided there was only one way to know for sure: a very scientific experiment in Mel's Kitchen. I swung by CVS to pick up some test subjects:

The NY Times has a wonderful story about the simple, perfect brownie.

"What is a brownie? Certainly it’s one of the few truly American baking creations to enter the canon — like the blueberry muffin and the chocolate chip cookie. Beyond that, there is no clear point of origin. Most brownie legends begin with an absentminded housewife: stripped down to its essence, a brownie is just a chocolate cake without the baking powder."

Along with the scrumptious article, they provide three different brownie recipes:

Supernatural brownies
French chocolate brownies
New Classic Brownies

I think I will have to make all three and have a taste test to see which is the best.

Ever wondered how restaurants know how to fold napkins into all those different shapes? I grew up learning how, with my mother being a caterer, and after many thousand napkins being folded, it's muscle memory now. For those of you who didn't grow up learning how, this Web site has instructions for many of the most common folds.

Rachel Ray, the interminably perky cook who seems to be everywhere these days, will be appearing on E! True Hollywood Story on Saturday, May 5. Now, every other THS I've watched has been delightfully trashy, bringing up the sordid behind the scenes details of shows such as Saved by the Bell and people like Anna Nicole Smith. What gossip will we get on Rachel Ray? Is she a Martha Stewart behind the scenes? Does she do takeout more often than not? Is she -- gasp -- grouchy when she wakes up?