But I certainly would happily eat any Nova Scotia lobster, band on the run or otherwise." Chef Vince Scigliano at Halifax's Lion & Bright has been cooking with seafood for 14 years.

[1] Aluminum bar [1] Heat gun [2] #33 Rubber band [1] 50 g mass Classroom Assembly Place the pivot, with a metre stick attached to it, on the table and clamp the pivot at about the 81 cm mark. Place ...

Rubber bands are a simple yet essential everyday item, but the process of making them is surprisingly intricate. The journey begins with raw rubber, which is processed into large sheets or strips ...

Note: This technique works well on hard-boiled eggs, but elastic bands squeeze too tightly for fragile blown-out eggshells. Happy Easter! This post was originally published in April 2014.