Global Wrap! Five Food-nomena We Love! (#3)
Food-nomena delivered from around the world!
May 6, 2015
The Archive
194 nom-nomena and counting — newest first.
Giving fish some lemon aid.
Acids. Bacteria. TMAO. And why Chinese restaurants have tanks of swimming fish.
May 2, 2015
Recipes! No-knead bread!
May 1, 2015
Get fresh.
Crystals. Pores. Density. And how to pick up the right egg with one simple trick.
April 30, 2015
Global wrap! Five food-nomena we love! (#2)
Food-nomena delivered from around the world!
April 29, 2015
Absolutely broth-taking.
Evaporation. Molecules. Humidity. And how to cool soup fast.
April 28, 2015
Waddle you do to cook crispy Peking duck?
Evolution. Fats. Melting. And why Peking duck has crispy skin.
April 26, 2015
Half-baked, but still lava-able.
Diffusion. Phases. Temperature. And the perfect molten chocolate cake.
April 18, 2015
Why sodalicious?
Pressure. Solubility. Temperature. And why soft drinks make you tingly.
April 17, 2015
Feeling negative? Mayo control your emulsions.
Shearing. Suspension. Stability. And how to make water and oil get along.
April 16, 2015
This will set your tongs wagging.
Levers. Conduction. Hygiene. And why tongs can be gentler than hands.
April 14, 2015
Recipes! Toast!
March 29, 2015
Hei, wok's up?
Metals. Materials. Polymers. And where wok hei comes from.
March 21, 2015
Global wrap! Five food-nomena we love! (#1)
Food-nomena delivered from around the world!
March 6, 2015
The dough kneaded to work hard to be a true breadwinner.
Kneading. Elasticity. Tenderness. And how gluten is the glue that holds bread together.
March 1, 2015
Chicks love air supply.
Temperature. Respiration. Crystals. And how unhatched chicks stay alive in their eggs.
February 22, 2015
Play with your food.
Acetic Acid. Calcium Carbonate. Membranes. And how to turn your egg into a toy.
February 22, 2015
Eggs-tra ap-peeling.
Membranes. Temperature. Contraction. And how to peel an egg perfectly.
February 21, 2015
Stretching the brittle truth about spaghetti.
Hooke’s Law. Proteins. Chemical Bonds. And what no one tells you about spaghetti.
February 18, 2015
Going bananas.
Picking. Testing. Ripening. And what one company does to get you bananas that are just ripe.
February 11, 2015
Banana turned Tomato red as they got closer.
Ethylene. Hormones. Fruits. And how you can turn your green tomatoes red.
February 10, 2015
Pulling noodles is pure torturellini.
Hooke’s Law. Proteins. Chemical Bonds. And how to pull noodles like a master chef.
February 7, 2015
Starters!
If you are here for the very first time, start here!
January 30, 2015
The banana thought the time was ripe to let go of more gas.
Ethylene. Hormones. Fruits. And how to ripen bananas quickly.
January 11, 2015