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Understanding Food Ingredients

Using Cashews as thickeners – Butter Chicken Science

If you grew up in certain parts of India you probably use bread (e.g. naan or chapati) as a utensil to scoop up sauces. Just imagine how annoying it would be if those sauces are as runny as a soup, it’ll be hard...

November 6, 2018

4 min read

Understanding Recipes

Walnut buckwheat bread – Understanding a recipe

Baking bread is one of my favorite things to do in the kitchen since it’s a great way to experiment new recipes and involves plenty science and ingredients understanding. And the good thing is, we eat bread every...

August 7, 2018

4 min read

chocolate and peanut butter ice cream with pistachio crumb sm

Recipe

Chocolate and peanut butter dessert

There are few shows I completely follow along with, but I’ve been watching Masterchef Australia since the start. None of the other version (US, UK, Dutch) have made it to my playlist. The show has a good balance...

June 2, 2018

4 min read

Peanut butter brownies with cocoa powder

Seeing the huge number of peanut butter chocolate recipes on the internet, it just has to be a good combination. In cooking shows on tv a chocolate peanut butter dessert can give you raving reviews and even Chef Watson...

October 13, 2017

2 min read

peanut butter from the fridge - keeps its shape

Understanding Food Ingredients

Why do some peanut butters split?

Have you even noticed in stores that some peanut butters have a layer of clear liquid on top of the peanut butter? It doesn’t seem to matter whether it’s chunky or not, some brands just do. Other...

June 22, 2017

8 min read

Understanding Food Ingredients

Why pistachio ice cream is green(ish)

Ever seen and eaten a bright green pistachio ice cream which didn’t taste like pistachio at all? I surely have. Ever tried making pistachio ice cream and had it turn out brownish instead of the nice bright green...

January 2, 2017

7 min read

goats cheese with roasted walnuts sandwich

vegetables

Food hack – a great simple trick to chop nuts

Today’s not going to be a long post evaluating the deep science of food and food production, instead, it’s a really simple trick for chopping nuts that I discovered a little while ago when making a raisin...

August 4, 2016

2 min read

Understanding Food Ingredients

Roasting Walnuts – The what, why and when

One of my favorite lunches is a freshly baked slice of bread drizzled with a little honey, covered with goat’s cheese and a few slices of cucumber. And, last, but not least, some freshly roasted walnuts on top...

February 3, 2016

5 min read

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Using Cashews as thickeners – Butter Chicken Science

Walnut buckwheat bread – Understanding a recipe

Chocolate and peanut butter dessert

Peanut butter brownies with cocoa powder

Why do some peanut butters split?

Why pistachio ice cream is green(ish)

Food hack – a great simple trick to chop nuts

Roasting Walnuts – The what, why and when

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Science of roasting marshmallows – Over a campfire or barbecue

What makes Trappist beer unique

How an ice cream bar is made

Science of the Cheese making process

(Science) guide of English muffins – Homemade vs store bought

Cooking potatoes in the microwave for perfect baked potatoes

Why does popcorn pop? – Exploring the science of popcorn

Food Truck Macaron Science

How spirits are made – Visiting the Koval distillery

Candied cherries – Science of preserving cherries

Blueberry orange zestmuffin – Using IBM’s Chef Watson

The cause of a grey egg yolk

Beer fermentation process

Hydrox vs. Oreo cookies

How ice cream is made in a factory

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