Folks, feeling adventurous? here's an excerpt from a NYTimes.com item "New Wave Cooking" http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/28/dining/28WAVE.html " An encounter earlier this year with a bright red pixie dust at the Manhattan restaurant WD-50 had encouraged us: the powder had a fruity, exotic and deliciously intense pepper flavor. It was in fact a common bell pepper, Wylie Dufresne, WD-50's chef, revealed - dehydrated in a simple device you can buy on eBay for less than the price of a fancy cocktail, and then pulverized in a coffee grinder. If we could learn to tease sophisticated flavors from everyday sources, the exercise would be worth the risk. " peppers featured prominently, and the dehydrator, coffee grinder & the stovetop smoker ... geez ... where have we seen these before ?! good read. regards peter g