Yogurt, sauerkraut, pickles, none of these products would exist without lactic acid fermentation. This is a series of chemical reactions that transforms your ingredients into something pretty different (and delicious) thanks to lactic acid bacteria. In this post we’ll explore lactic acid fermentation in some more detail, helping you understanding …
Food Science is at the heart of this blog, however, in most cases we’ll be applying food science, assuming you’ve got a basic understanding of the food science concepts. Realizing that not everyone knows these basics, we’ve got a series of posts dedicated on teaching those fundamental concepts. This post …
Updated: 3-Jan-2016 Science is everywhere when you’re in the kitchen. Just think of your bread dough bubbling away and expanding while proofing. Or a beer in the works. You might not even recognize the science, so common the processes are. The processes described above both involve yeast and fermentation. The so …
