Smells. Discovery. Culture. And why the durian is a scientific marvel.
Category: Brain Food
Fear and loving in Las Egg-as.
Molecular structure. Hydrophilic. Hydrophobic. And the science of protein denaturation, simply explained.
Eggs-tra white.
Light scattering. Molecular size. Wavelengths. And how physics and chemistry turn transparent egg white to opaque white.
Can’t you see I’m cereals about you?
Cereal packaging. Eyes. Evolution. And what supermarket aisles tell us about the white of the eye.
Pass the salt!
Denaturation. Proteins and cells. Osmosis and diffusion. And what salt and water do to meat at the cell level.
Water you mean I’m fat too?
Ethanol. Fat and water molecules. Solubility. And why meat cooked in alcohol tastes and smells better.
Water you mean I smell?
Water and ethanol. Atomic weights and density. Solubility and volatility. And why cooking with alcohol smells better.
See stars and the Sun in your kitchen.
Cooking temperature. Wavelengths. Electromagnetic spectrum. And what the colors of space tell us.
Do you see what I see?
Photoreceptors. Cone cells. Tetrachromats. And why different species see different colors.
Bean feeling bitter? You can choose to feel butter!
Roasting coffee beans. Caramelization. Maillard reactions. And the secret Southeast Asian recipe for great coffee.
