Category - Making Food

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dropzak
How Food Works

What is Dutch liquorice (drop)?

In the past decade or so I have lived abroad in several countries. One of the aspects of living abroad is sharing (or telling about) the food from where you’re from. The Dutch stroopwafels (syrup waffles) so far...

January 28, 2020
7 min read
jaggery, panela, evaporated cane sugar
Making Food

How Jaggery (Evaporated Cane Sugar) Is Made

Humans have been sweetening their foods for thousands of years. Whether it’s through honey, natural sugar syrups such as maple syrup, or by using sugar beet or cane sugar, it’s all done to sweeten our dishes...

December 23, 2019
8 min read
stack of brown butter almond tuiles
Deconstructing Recipes

Brown butter is a flavor bomb for cookies

You can make a great cookie with sugar, butter and flour (that is, shortbread), you can make a delicate crispy almond tuile by adding some egg and almonds. But, your tuile (and a lot of other cookies as well!) become so...

December 17, 2019
5 min read
chicago style deep dish pizza
How Food Works

Science of Chicago Deep Dish Pizza

If you’ve never been to Chicago, chances are small you have come across Chicago-style deep dish pizza. It’s a pretty regional phenomenon and personally I haven’t seen it outside of the city, whereas in...

December 16, 2019
8 min read