Ad: Manage updates with the Download App
ie8 fix

strapya-world

Sushi Bazooka blasts out sushi rolls with plunger power

My culinary life won't be complete until I have the raw, awesome power of a Sushi Bazooka in my kitchen arsenal. Want. Desperately.

I've made sushi before. It was an inglorious exercise in frustration and failure. That's probably why I prefer sashimi. It's also why I have such respect for talented sushi makers.

Finally, there's a kitchen gadget that panders to my lazy sushi-making skills. It's essentially a sushi extruder. Pack the tube full of rice and whatever ingredients you want to go in the middle. Close it. Push down the plunger. Roll up the resulting sushi log in seaweed. Instant apathetic sushi!… Read more

Unagi? Spice up your iPhone with fake food covers

It may look like Gene Simmons' tongue, but this glistening hunk of plastic is positively yummy to Japanese cell phone users.

It's an ersatz serving of unagi (grilled eel), a typical summer dish in Japan. And online retailer Strapya thinks it makes a lip-smacking iPhone cover.

Many restaurants in Japan have window displays of plastic versions of meals they serve, and there's an entire industry churning out everything from plastic sushi to plastic beer. And let's not forget the classic dish of spaghetti, complete with a fork perched on a twisting cascade of noodles.

Small wonder, then, that Strapya, purveyor of all manner of phone accessories, is serving up this shiny iPhone case starting next month. It features miso-moistened eel on a bed of white rice. … Read more

Plant a tree, save a phone strap

Craver Kent German gave us an excellent tour last week through the bizarre and sometimes disturbing universe of phone straps and dangles that is Strapya-World, but it's not done yet: Its latest offering is going green.

The "Babytree Cell Phone Strap" features tiny capsules containing an assortment of equally tiny trees from various parts or the world from which you can choose, Tokyomango says. The trees--from Argentina, South Africa, Mexico, and the United States--are alive and, according to the Web site, will stay that way for six months as long as they're watered once or twice … Read more