Ig Nobel awards

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You might want extra life insurance before trying some of the recipes in this cookbook

September 17, 2014
Food

Since 1991, the Ig Nobel prizes have been awarded, tongue firmly in cheek, to researchers whose work "first makes you laugh, then makes you think." The theme of this year's Ig Nobel ceremony? Food. And with that, we have this review of the Ig Nobel Cookbook, Volume I.

You might want extra life insurance before trying some of the recipes in this cookbook

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