This book provides a playground for the readers to practice and develop scientific thinking, by exploring the world of food in a fun way. The authors take the role of someone trying to find interesting questions to ask about familiar, though often hidden, phenomena. Claims (or myths) on everyday cooking provide numerous cases for this. Using popular cooking myths as a springboard, this book discusses these riddles, interweaving a scientific rationale for the phenomena with a culinary or craftsman explanation. This book covers not only science (physics, chemistry, biology) but also cultural aspects (tradition, history, emotion), of what food/cooking is all about.
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Using popular cooking myths as a springboard, this book discusses these riddles, interweaving a scientific rationale for the phenomena with a culinary or craftsman explanation. This book covers not only science (physics, chemistry, biology) but also cultural aspects (tradition, history, emotion), of what food/cooking is all about.
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The real thing? Chemistry and psychology of an apple pie. Boiling an egg inside out. Cooking mussels with acid or not. Sausage engineering. Mustard - fiercely yours. The potatoes that refused to become tender. Gravlax and salt - can salt climb upwards? The physics of cooking (I): Heat - on heat when cooking. The physics of cooking (II): Heat in the skillet. The physics of cooking (III): Tempering the meat. The physics of cooking (IV): Cooking pits. Wine in cooking (I): White. Wine in cooking (II): Red. The role of salt when cooking pasta. How do we taste food? What is "good tasting food"?. Salt and flavours. Claim: “You should be very careful in handling the cake hot out from the oven as it will collapse easily." The porridge feud - who was right in 1860s Norway. Doing the dishes.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781138611306
Publisert
2019-06-26
Utgiver
Vendor
CRC Press
Vekt
576 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
235