Watching desserts bake is strangely hypnotic
Thanksgiving is over but the holiday crush still looms ahead.
To get some peace and quiet, you might want to take a sojourn to the nearest powder room and watch this video of desserts being baked in the oven.
Japanese baker Takashi Aizu is the genius who filmed his cookies, cupcakes, turnovers and the like come to delicious golden brown life.
It looks like science fiction mixed with the Food Network. And we dare you to watch it fewer than five times in a row.
Sarah Spigelman Richter is a contributor to Mashable's Food channel. Sarah covers everything edible, from the food industry to D.I.Y. recipes. She was previously the community manager for Tastemade NYC and her writing has been seen on The Today Show's food blog, Refinery 29, the Food Network, and Gothamist. She has also developed recipes for Tabasco and other nationally recognized brands and has blogged for 5 years at "Fritos and Foie Gras." Sarah is obsessed with "Orphan Black" and chili-cheese Fritos and is still depressed that Loehmann's closed.
