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Put Maths on the Table

Bring Maths to Life by using its beauty to cook fantastic foods. Using shapes, symbols, numbers you can make a meal look exciting and interesting. Explore the links on this lens and you will not be disappointed.

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Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories
Fractal Cookies
Koch's Snowflake Cupcakes
What is Koch's Snowflake?
What it Looks Like
Sierpinski's Fractals
Sierpinski Hamantaschen: Sierpinskitasch...
Pi Day on Zazzle
The Rubik's Cube

Making Sierpinski cookies has never been more fun.

I came across this great recipe at The Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories. The cookies not only look great and represent a Sierpinski carpet perfectly but they are delicious. You should try.

What is a Sierpinsky carpet? For those of you who don't know how to make one, here are the first five simple stepts to draw it:
Step 1. Start by drawing a square - preferable to have the side length as a multiple of 9 (ie: 9, 18, 27, ...)
Step 2. Divide this square into 9 smaller congruent (identical) squares.
Step 3. Cut out the center square. If you prefer you can colour it in any colour of you choice instead of cutting it out.
Step 4. Divide each of the eight remaining solid squares into 9 congruent squares
Step 5. Cut out the center square from each of the eight squares. Again, if you prefer you can colour it in any colour of you choice instead of cutting it out.
Continue to repeat the construction for as long as you want.

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories: Recipe and photos.

Fractal Cookies

Koch's Snowflake Cupcakes

The Evil Scientist Laboratories: Make the pattern and have fun with it.

What is Koch's Snowflake?

First of all what is a von Koch Snowflake? Well, it is another beautiful fractal. If you decide you want to draw one, here are the simple steps to get you started:
Step 1. Draw an equilateral triangle (all sides are equal) with side length of 9 cm (or multiples of 9 ie: 9, 18, 27, ...).
Step 2. Divide each side into three equal segments.
Step 3. Draw an equilateral triangle that has the middle segment from Step 2. as its base and points outward.
Step 4. Rub off the line segment that is the base of the triangle from Step 3.
Step 5. Reapeat Steps 2., 3., and 4. as many times as you want.

What it Looks Like

$The Koch Snowflake is a beautiful fractal shape... that you can make in your kitchen.$

The Koch Snowflake is a beautiful fractal shape... that you can make in your kitchen.

Sierpinski's Fractals

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Sierpinski Hamantaschen: Sierpinskitaschen (First in the world?!)

Sierpinski Hamantaschen: Sierpinskitaschen (First in the world?!): "I'm a writer and health advocate living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and working on a master's degree in public health (MPH - maternal & child health). I just received an MFA in creative writing (fiction). Yes, it's an unusual combination."

This recipe is absolutely stunning.

Pi Day on Zazzle

This is not a Pi to eat.

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T-shirt_Design Pi_Day by sorana23

The Rubik's Cube

"How to make a totally awesome Rubik's Cube cake!"

Instructables: All you basically need for this cake is a dark coloured cake recipe, icing and food colouring. The food colouring should match the colours on the Rubik's cube although, if you want to be creative, you can choose your own favourite colours.

And This is What it Looks Like

This cake is simple to do and anyone can achieve the awesomeness that is the final project. Impress your friends!

Math * U * See

Can you imagine that an 8 years old girl asked her mother to make her a "maths cake" for her birthday? Well, this is the link and the cake. Absolutely fabulous.

Math * U * See

Toasting Maths

Rework your toast: "It's a simple formula, really: hot air gun + bread + maths = interesting toast." You can actually make your own mathematical symbols or designs. Be creative and have fun!

Funny Toast

Toasting art - 'A popular shtick for toaster design has been to have the toaster impress some image or message upon the toast.'

Edible Origami

Crane croutons for your salad.: 'Crispy wonton wrappers add cheerful crunch to an asian salad, but shouldn't they be... more interesting? Presented here is the ideal upgrade. No more must you clutter your salad with amorphous crispies or chow mein noodles to obtain the requisite crunch: Crane Croutons will be your piece de resistance.'

Making Edible Origami

You can deep (or shallow) fry them briefly on each side until they turn a golden brown which shades to a paler color in the center where there are more layers.

Serve on greens with ginger sesame dressing, cherry blossom shaped carrot slices, snow peas, or whatever suits your fancy. Alternately, serve by themselves with some dipping sauce, maybe a nice satay sauce?

Some Useful Books

Use Maths in Cooking

Cooking for Maths: by gizzyfran | video info

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$Understanding fractions helps these sixth graders to bake up some delicious cookies$

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Origami and Fractals

Pie Recipies

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