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Burn (sugar) baby burn.

Sugars. Heat. Pyrolysis. And what chefs and scientists know and don’t know about caramelization.

 

caramelization - blowtorch on sugar on a creme brulee

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See stars and the Sun in your kitchen.

Cooking temperature. Wavelengths. Electromagnetic spectrum. And what the colors of space tell us.

 

electromagnetic spectrum in the kitchen and in the skies

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Bean feeling bitter? You can choose to feel butter!

Roasting coffee beans. Caramelization. Maillard reactions. And the secret Southeast Asian recipe for great coffee.

 

roasting coffee beans singapore malaysia (jpg) Screen Shot 2015-08-06 at 7.40.07 am

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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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Power of braise.

Collagen. Denaturation. Gelatin. And how to cook melt-in-mouth meat.

braise

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Steamy cover up.

Absorption. Evaporation. Latent heat. And why the rice cooker has a lid.


rice cooker lid

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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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Oh say can jui-cy, how much I’ve aged for you?

Enzymes. Temperature. Aging. And how to roast juicy and tender beef at home.

 

beef slow roast and enzymes

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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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“Are you straight?”

Amylose. Molecular structure. Retrogradation. And why some foods with sauces are best served hot.

 

straight chained amylose in Bechamel sauce used to make croquettes Continue reading…

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