Background

My mother is from Greece, so eating lots of bread is pretty much wired into me. I also have a passion for experimenting with modern cooking techniques and flavors, and a great way to do that is by creatively infusing olive oils. That's where Infuse comes in.

It's a rack inspired by the laboratory that displays up to five tubes of whatever flavored oils happen to be the current fancy. Gentle lighting from the base both adds flair to the dinner table and makes it easier to see what herbs and goodies have been added to each tube.

Procedure

The rack was milled from a block of aluminum on a mini-mill and polished (anodization in progress for protection and electrical insulation). The stained wood base screws on to hide all lighting circuitry, except for an on-off switch in the back, and a micro-usb port to charge the LiPo battery.