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Splashed from my head to-ma-toes!

Convection. Viscosity. Bubbles. And how to prevent splattering when cooking thick sauces.

 

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How to be a crack at roasting coffee.

Steam. Pressure. Sound. And how to go from cool beans to hot stuff when roasting coffee.

 

Roasting coffee - A collage of coffee beans showing various stages of roasting from raw through to Italian roast

 

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Oh, Paris pastries, you have that je ne sais crois-sant.

Lamination. Melting point. Emulsion. And why European butter is fat and proud of it.

 

croissants and butter

 

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The scoop on deep fried ice cream.

Evaporation. Conduction. Browning. And the science of deep frying.

 

deep fried ice cream

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Popcorn-fession: We are actually acrobats.

Thickness. Starch. Mechanics. And why popcorn kernels pop and hop when heated.

popcorn - why they pop and hop

 

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The temperature rices.

Thermostats. Latent heat. Culture. And how science gets steamy with culture in rice cookers.

Photo of rice cooker with lid open showing cooked rice

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Absolutely broth-taking.

Evaporation. Molecules. Humidity. And how to cool soup fast.

 

Cheeky woman blowing a ladle of hot soup to cool it down by evaporation

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Waddle you do to cook crispy Peking duck?

Evolution. Fats. Melting. And why Peking duck has crispy skin.

Chef slicing crisy Peking Duck skin

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    • Owl’s the sound from the satellite?
    • The art of plating: a point-by-point color guide.
    • Go plated.
    • There and back again – a saucy tale.
    • Have salt will travel.
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    alcohol amino acids bacteria boiling caramelization carbon dioxide chemical bonds collagen colors conduction convection cross-links crystals culture denature design dough eggs energy enzymes evaporation evolution fats force gas geography heat heat transfer levers light Maillard reactions meat melting oxygen pressure proteins radiation rice salt solubility starch steam sugars temperature water
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