Xavier Aaronson

Welcome to the first installment of 'Seriously, Though, Who Is This?' I anonymously texted a bunch of revered chefs weird photos of gourds on toilet rims to deduce their true stances on food safety. The results were divided, to say the least.

After their long, grueling night shifts in top-notch kitchens, I texted a bunch of high-quality chefs photos of squash varietals because it's gourd season. Who wouldn't want to take a peep at a pumpkin in prime form, or a glisteningly ripe gourd?

And hear his vision of the phone's future.

Nicole Angemi, aka @mrs_angemi, is a pathologist’s assistant in real life. But online she owns one of Instagram's most controversial accounts.

In our latest installment of Seriously, Though, Who Is This?, our merry prankster just wants to find a chef who will share some congealed pig's blood with him.

I texted a few of my favorite chefs to get their thoughts on how to win at love with a can of surströmming, a powerfully fermented fish.

In this installment of Seriously, Though, Who Is This?, our protagonist approaches chefs with a unique take on the culinary appeal of camel balls.

Preliminary research suggests that chia seeds might be good for your heart, but when I texted a photo of a gloppy chia pudding to a couple of chefs for their reactions, I found out that it strengthens love muscles, too.

This is what happens when you send a bunch of top-tier chefs a picture of a fish head swallowing a Maraschino cherry. It will separate the stubborn old guard from the out-of-the-box brains of culinary genius.

How far would you go to get hard?

We spent the day with inventor, sculptor, and instrument designer Andy Cavatorta.

In the final episode of season two of Sound Builders, Andy Cavatorta awakens dormant notes and pitches from one of the world's most popular instruments.