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Faux Fish is the New Vegan Trend for Seafood Lovers
This is a guest post by Carla Zarazir, a fellow food scientist, with a PhD in Food Science and Technology. You can find her on LinkedIn. A wide variety of reasons (e.g. sustainability and health & nutrition) is shifting people’s…
How Alcoholic Apple Cider is Made
As a people, we seem to have managed to make alcoholic drinks from all sorts of produce. Grains are transformed into beer, or spirits (e.g. whiskey). Grapes are transformed into wine, pears into perry, and apples, into cider. Making an…
Why a Water Roux Improves Your Donuts
Who doesn’t want a light and fluffy, airy, donut? Well, maybe not everyone, but I sure prefer a light and airy donut over a dense greasy one. So when reading that a water roux (also referred to as tang zhong)…
The Science of Meringues: Egg Whites, Sugar & Heat
Every time we whip up some egg whites into a white, light, and airy foam we’re a little amazed. It’s pretty special how such a simple ingredient can hold on to so much air! Even more special, when you consider…
How to Use LoafNest: a Smart Way to Bake Beautiful Bread
We love kitchen tools that 1) don’t take up too much space and 2) have a good chunk of science to them that we can discuss in detail here on the website. We’re fans of our InstantPot (aka pressure cooker)…
The Science of Honeycomb Candy (+ Troubleshooting Tips)
Honeycomb definitely is one of the more theatrical candies to make. Once you add that baking soda to the boiling hot sugar, the fizzing and puffing are sure to impress your viewers. Once the show is over and your honeycomb…
Controlling Color & Flavor of Sugar Syrups – Steering Browning Reactions
When visiting friends who regularly brew their own beer, they told us about this great sugar syrup they had made to add to their beer. It was a dark brown, almost coffee/chocolatey, syrup with a great flavor. They had made…
The Science of Fries: Developing a ‘Perfect’ French Fry
Crispy and light brown on the outside, soft and cooked on the inside. Strong enough to hold its shape when held up straight and definitely not oily or soggy. Sounds like quite a good french fry (or chip, as the…
Should you Rinse or Soak Potatoes Before Frying? – An Experiment
While writing our ‘ultimate’ guide to develop your* perfect French Fry we came across a few tips and tricks that we couldn’t do justice in the article. They required more extensive experimentation and evaluation. As such, we decided to dedicate…
Are Gnocchi Cooked When They Float (and Why)?
Some cooking instructions are so common, that you kind of assume them to be true. However, just because most recipes on Google tell you something, doesn’t mean it’s true, unfortunately. There are enough statements that are just copied along and…
When & Why to Microwave Your Potatoes
Microwaves are often a little under-valued, forgotten about pieces of kitchen equipment. Even though a lot of people own a microwave, most of us (including ourselves…) mostly use a microwave to (re)heat food. A microwave is very good at heating…
Experimenting With Potatoes in the Air Fryer
After having finally figured out what an air fryer really is (not a true replacement for a deep fryer, but it’s close, we’d describe it as: a very efficient convection oven), it was time to really put it to the…