marketing Boxed wine packaged with Cheez-It crackers as a "pairing" Rusty Blazenhoff

Gadgets Here’s a truckload of Mother’s Day options for the Mom who loves her kitchen Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets 14 gift deals to jump on before Green Monday arrives Boing Boing's Shop

Lowell Farms: A Cannabis Cafe First cannabis cafe in the US opens today Carla Sinclair

cheese World's first cheese conveyor belt restaurant opens Rusty Blazenhoff

Food Disgusting Food Museum coming to Los Angeles David Pescovitz

lds Funeral potatoes are not as grim as they sound Rusty Blazenhoff

picks I rode Amtrak's Coast Starlight the wrong direction. I still loved it. Jason Weisberger

Science Are cats solid or liquid? And other award-winning absurd scientific research of 2017 David Pescovitz

metal Brawl at Chuck E. Cheese's set to hardcore metal Rob Beschizza

restaurants The "Pan Am Experience:" luxury dinner, circa 1970, served in a recreated 747 Mark Frauenfelder

Kids Brie-oncé, the cheesiest sculpture you'll see this week Andrea James

happy mutants Parasitic Souls: what if there was a tech bubble, but for magic? Kater Cheek

restaurants Chuck E. Cheese targets moms with lattes, salad, and more wine and beer David Pescovitz

offworld Interactive movies make their glorious return Leigh Alexander

yanss New York City's Placebo Buttons and The Post Hoc Fallacy David McRaney

Into the Future! The Making of Beyond Cyberpunk! Gareth Branwyn

This chili sauce tastes great even on chocolate ice cream Matt Maranian

travel What it's like to take a 36-hour sleeper train from LA to Seattle Nicole Dieker