Category - Using appliances & tools

Want to understand how a tool or kitchen appliance works? If so, you’re at the right place! Whether it’s a pressure cooker or a Bundt cake pan, we explore how it works and why it works.

Further learning

What to Consider When Choosing a Pressure Cooker – Reviewing the InstantPot

We never (or barely ever) made chili from dried beans, or made a meat stew during the week or made our own yogurt. All of that changed when we got our InstantPot, a pressure cooker and yogurt maker (that’s the...

January 8, 2019

7 min read

close up side view of two small bundt cakes

Comparing processes

The Science of the Bundt Pan (+ Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe)

Have you ever made such an artsy Bundt cake? One of those round cakes with a hole in the middle, often with a lot of intricate designs? Which can be a hassle to get out of the form if you don’t get it right...

December 18, 2018

6 min read

Making Food

How Sous Vide Cooking Works

It shows up in any cooking competition, or fancy restaurants. There’s even cookbooks devoted to it: sous vide cooking. Sous vide cooking seems to be the perfect match for food scientists and engineers. Cooking in...

December 8, 2018

6 min read

Further learning

How to Choose a Sous Vide Cooker – Reviewing the Anova Nano

If you’re a food scientist, it almost seems unavoidable to dive into the world of sous vide cooking. Sous vide cooking has been quite the rage for a while for chefs and food enthusiasts. Apparently, it’s the...

December 8, 2018

6 min read

slice of instant pot cheesecake with some raspberries (2)

Using appliances & tools

How to Make Super Smooth Cheesecake in an InstantPot

When cooking or baking, food scientists (that’s me!) like to disseminate their food and all what’s going on. So when you’re baking a cheesecake and it’s in the oven, you start thinking about...

October 16, 2018

4 min read

Using appliances & tools

Easy Spare Ribs Recipe for Instant Pot (Pressure Cooker)

Spare ribs can take hours to prepare, whether it’s in an oven or on the barbecue. They slowly heat up and become tender and soft with regular basting and watching over the spare ribs. If it’s winter though...

October 2, 2018

4 min read

Making Food

How Pressure Cooking Works – Using an InstantPot

If you’ve ever cooked dried chickpeas or dried beans you know it’s something that has to be planned well ahead if you intend on having dinner on the table before midnight. Same goes for stewed meats...

June 26, 2018

8 min read

Further learning

How to Use LoafNest: a Smart Way to Bake Beautiful Bread

Are you wary of baking your own bread because of the hassle and trouble involved (we did discuss all the different steps before)? If so, I am very excited to say that I can share a great simple tool that will make it...

February 2, 2018

7 min read

bacon and eggs, fried on a cast-iron griddle

How to Prevent Fried Eggs from Sticking on a Cast-Iron Skillet

Bacon and eggs for breakfast, a classic. On a lazy Sunday morning you’ll talk your time to make some. Grab some eggs and slice some bacon. You pre-heat the skillet while doing so and once it’s nice and warm...

December 20, 2017

11 min read

Using appliances & tools

How to Make a Barbecue Skillet Cookie – Barbecookie!

Feel like a dessert after a barbecue but don’t know anything that seems fitting? Good thing we’ve got a solution for you: how better to end your barbecue than with a dessert made on the barbecue? Introducing...

June 7, 2017

6 min read

Category - Using appliances & tools

What to Consider When Choosing a Pressure Cooker – Reviewing the InstantPot

The Science of the Bundt Pan (+ Chocolate Bundt Cake Recipe)

How Sous Vide Cooking Works

How to Choose a Sous Vide Cooker – Reviewing the Anova Nano

How to Make Super Smooth Cheesecake in an InstantPot

Easy Spare Ribs Recipe for Instant Pot (Pressure Cooker)

How Pressure Cooking Works – Using an InstantPot

How to Use LoafNest: a Smart Way to Bake Beautiful Bread

How to Prevent Fried Eggs from Sticking on a Cast-Iron Skillet

How to Make a Barbecue Skillet Cookie – Barbecookie!

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