Put your snoot in a glass of Barolo from a rich vintage, the kind people pay serious triple figures for, and see if "road tar" doesn't come close to the mark.

FORBES: Faking It

Instead, the team modified a substance known as Powder Suspension, a thick, tar-like material, and found that it produced a clear, high-quality mark on the smooth-surfaced food items such as onions, apples and tomatoes.

BBC: Fingerprint on food

Hairston finished with 14 points on 4-for-12 shooting and hit the Tar Heels' only 3 to cut the deficit to 63-49 at the 5-minute mark.

NPR: No. 3 Duke Hammers North Carolina 69-53