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Drinkable Weed, Fighting Shrimp, and the Other Edible News You Missed This Week

This week, we got double-buzzed on weed cocktails, delved into the gut-stuffing world of feederism, ate really good pizza in LA—seriously—and watched sea creatures flee in terror from tiny, but dangerous, shrimp.

Well, readers, we've all survived another week: we've failed to bust our asses on the black ice blanketing much of the US (or we didn't, but we got back up again and acted like nothing happened), we figured out what color this dress is (or wait … IS it blue and black?!), and now it's time to settle in with a nice cocktail and catch up on all tasty stories and weird food news we missed over the past few days. So pull up a chair, grab your cocktail shaker, and, while you're at it, make sure you've got an ample supply of your favorite strain of bud—you're going to need it.

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On Wednesday, we dropped our latest episode of Bong Appetit, in which host Matt Zimbric and mixologist Daniel K. Nelson of LA's The Black Cat infuse their way to three cannabis-heavy, delightfully double-intoxicating cocktails. But wait! We've got more drinkable weed for you: this week, resident Weed Eater David Bienenstock spoke with master mixologist Don Lee, formerly of PDT and Momofuku, who shared his recipes for a Last Word, a Rob Roy, and a pineapple daiquiri—all laced with THC. You'll definitely want to try all six of these at home, and, luckily for you, we've broken down exactly what you'll need to make them here.

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Now that you've smoked—er, sipped—all that pot, you've no doubt come down with a raging case of the munchies. But have you ever stopped to think about why? Once our high wore off, we looked into the science of our cravings, speaking with a neurobiology professor about how weed affects the brain's hunger circuitry.

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This week, we reminded ourselves that there are other ways to get ravenously hungry besides hitting the ol' gravity bong—how about hitting the gym? In our latest episode of FUEL, we met bodybuilder Rene Campbell and learned the secret behind her chiseled physique (besides all that weight-lifting, of course): It's a milkshake. Made with chicken and eggs. Bottom's up! (Hey, everyone's different: some bodybuilders prefer the perhaps dubious muscle-sculpting effects of drinking web-sourced breast milk. Yes, you read that right.)

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Elsewhere in the world of video, we ate "8-ball donuts" with Fat Prince Andy Milonakis and, in this week's Chef's Night Out, got schooled by former pro skateboarder Salman Agah, whose shop Pizzanista! proves, once and for all, that you can find a great slice in LA. We also got a sneak, behind-the-scenes peek at the recording of Fuck, That's Delicious host Action Bronson's new album Mr. Wonderful. Check it out here.

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Here at MUNCHIES, we're always thinking about eating, preferably in great quantities. But this week, we really delved into gut-stuffing when we spoke to members of the feeder community, who derive an erotic charge from eating to excess, feeding someone else to excess, or some combination thereof. We learned that the attraction to intensive eating often develops at a young age: "When I was a kid, I would stuff my clothes with pillows and pretend to be super-fat," feedee Patch Lumpkin told us. "I also loved playing in the mud and being messy with food. It gave me a thrill even before I knew it was sexual."

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Per usual, it was a wacky week in the world of food news. That delightful-looking little natural rainbow you see above? He's both a delicious edible shrimp as well as a motherfucking nightmare to other sea creatures: his sting packs the punch of a .22 bullet. Go figure. We learned that there's a brand of chocolate out there that purports to smooth your skin from the inside out. (Too good to be true? Probably.) Fancy a freshly brewed flat white? If you're American, probably not: turns out US citizens overwhelmingly prefer crappy coffee. And what would a weeks' worth of food news be without at least one robot story? A new study has demonstrated that most people think that care robots—in-home 'bots designed to aid patients in recovery—should be allowed to give alcoholics booze and overweight people junk food, as long as said alcoholic and obese person owns the robot.

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Well, thank god it's the weekend. And you know what that means: there's gonna be some drankin' going down. But before you head out into the long, cold night, seeking out your favorite watering hole alongside your special someone, remember this: breaking up at a bar isn't a good look. We warned you.