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Squeezing tomato ketchup in a bowl to observe flow behaviour
Understanding Food Ingredients

Science of tomato ketchup

It’s probably very controversial what I’m about to say, but it’s just my humble opinion: ketchup ruins hamburgers & french fries. Like truly ruins them. It’s such a disappointment to bite...

May 13, 2019
9 min read
cows eating
Understanding Food Ingredients

Where milk comes from

Almost all of our food starts at a farm where plants are grown, animals are raised or fish are kept. Here’s where farmers use photosynthesis and biology to convert sunlight into high quality foods. It’s...

April 15, 2019
5 min read
side view of pice of torta setteveli
Understanding Recipes

Torta Setteveli

Making a complicated dessert once in a while is a good way to practice a lot of techniques and to learn something new. The French in particular are good in making pastry which consists of a lot of different (complex)...

August 18, 2019
7 min read
distillation stages
Food Physics Basics

The science of distilling liquors

We know how to make spirits (we discussed that here), and we know that to make spirits (or liquors) you need to distill fermented grains. Distillation isn’t just used in spirits production though. It is one of any...

March 4, 2019
6 min read