BOOM! Museum of Food and Drink's Explosive First Exhibit

A project in New York, NY by Dave Arnold and Peter Kim
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Meet the puffing gun: a whirling 3,200-pound machine that explosively puffs food. We're making it MOFAD's first exhibit.
Backers: 830
Average Pledge Per Backer: $128

Funded: $106,503 of $80,000
Dates: Jun 29th -> Jul 20th (21 days)
Project By: Dave Arnold and Peter Kim
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Latest News

You Are Our Croonchy Stars

July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Announcing the Puffing Gun Debut

July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
We finally have the green light to announce the opening date and location of BOOM! The Puffing Gun and the Rise of Breakfast Cereal. Drum roll please... We will be debuting the puffing gun on August 17, 2013 at New York City’s Summer Streets!... (Read More)

BOOM! We did it! Thank you videos from MOFAD

July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
What an amazing day. We hit 100% of our goal and have a big announcement: Ted Allen of Chopped will be the emcee for our Puff Party on August 13! But before we get ahead of ourselves, some thanks are in order. Dave's on the road right now. Here he is... (Read More)

BOOM!: An Inside Look

July 9th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)

Day 4: Puffing forward

July 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Amazing! We're feeling exuberant at MOFAD HQ. Thank you to all of our early backers: we're almost a third of the way there! Gothamist reported that MOFAD is "already off to an incendiary start," the Huffington Post has asked people to "help bring a... (Read More)

Museum Of Food & Drink Launches Kickstarter Campaign For First Exhibit (VIDEO)

July 1st - via: huffingtonpost.com
From ramen to pizza, kimchi to Jell-O, there are a lot of specific food museums out there. But there isn't actually a museum solely devoted to food. (Read More)

Day 1: Here we go!

June 30th - via: kickstarter.com
A little under four weeks ago, Dave and I were hunched over some pizza at Roberta's in Brooklyn when he asked me, "Why don't we Kickstart the puffing gun?" Now, here we are, just over a day into the campaign and we've raised more than $10K. It's hard... (Read More)

Museum of Food and Drink Kickstarter (VIDEO)

June 30th - via: thebraiser.com
Ever wanted to watch the industrial process of making rice into puffed rice cereal as it happened in the early 1900s? What if we told you it was really violent and scary-looking? Well, Dave Arnold is finally taking his brainchild spawned in 2005 to Kickstarter for a real (mobile) launch. (Read More)

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