Ikea is putting out a cookbook, but no, you don’t need an Allen wrench to build your favorite Swedish dish. The book, however, is cleverly done with beautiful, witty, and functional imagery that makes even me want to cook. It’s called “Hembakat ar Bast” (Homemade is Best) and its’ best feature is the stark, geometric photography by Carl Kleiner. All of the ingredients are broken down into a still life image containing small piles and pieces. It definitely has the streamlined, modern appeal that keeps Ikea in business. The book is 140 pages, with 30 classic Swedish recipes. Fortunately, this book is free! Unfortunately it’s only in Swedish, and can only be found in Sweden. But wait, they have an app too! The app is called Kondis and contains the same recipes from the book. Not only that, but it will also tell you how much exercise you have to do to work off the dish! Now you can enjoy your Swedish fancies without a guilty conscience!
Justin, with his Android phone, will shrug his Google-loving shoulders and say “who cares?”, but I’m excited. My iPhone just got a new App this morning called 
It seems that reality just isn’t cutting it anymore. We humans want to supersize reality, layer more and more stuff on top of reality to really trick it out. Innovative folks out there have been working to develop Augmented Reality technology since 1992, creating applications that blend our real physical world with computer-generated virtual imagery, and the results are pretty darn interesting.
