food: panettone faq
visitors this year: 142 what’s the best way to eat panettone? By mouth. Or face first. does panettone come from Germany? No. It comes from Tesco, Aldi, Lidl and if you have money, Waitrose...
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how can I keep a Krispy Kreme doughnut for tomorrow?
visitors this year: 58 Krispy Kreme doughnuts are meant to be eaten fresh at room temperature within 12 hours. It’s no surprise that I cannot find any official advice on keeping Krispy Kreme doughnuts...
chinese style spring roll recipe
visitors this year: 61 I bought a packet of rice paper and was surprised at how doable it was to use it to make spring rolls. This lazy version is inspired by a few...
save time and energy on food prep with a microwave oven
visitors this year: 89 A collection of time-saving uses for a microwave for food preparation Tip: when you have more stuff to heat, or the food is on a plate, give it a further...
ginger nut biscuits – recipes in fewer words
visitors this year: 40 No munchies for tonight’s telly watching? This recipe makes 16 biscuits. Do in two batches if you’ve no self control Set the oven to 180°C In a small bowl melt...
Cheesecake recipe – Jewish style
visitors this year: 6,164 Some cheesecakes are set with gelatin and have a smooth, jelly-like texture. This cheesecake is baked and sets due to its whipped egg. When chilled it has an appealing dry,...
what is the temperature of your oven? how to cook reliably with an inaccurate oven
visitors this year: 1,094 Ovens may have digital controllers or analogue temperature controllers and cooks seem to have blind faith in their settings. In this household the cooks were burning food so I checked...
project: plot the temperature of your fridge-freezer, pet home or fermenting wine on a history graph in Home Assistant
visitors this year: 1,769 In a previous project I set up temperature sensors in my room and sent the data via Bluetooth to Home Assistant, the home automation platform. Home Assistant is software that...
energy in food
As food burns it releases energy. This energy can be used to heat up a known volume of water and so calculate its energy content. The temperature change can be easily monitored using a temperature sensor. Furthermore, if the food stops burning too soon, the graph will show how much the water cools and you can add this temperature change into your calculations.
energy in food
visitors this year: 48 As food burns it releases energy. This energy can be used to heat up water. If you know how much water you used, and how hot it gets, you can...
data on breakfast cereals
visitors this year: 47 Datasets (files) like the one below are useful in science. They have data to analyse by drawing graphs. The file below is in a ‘CSV’ format. Open this one in your...
scientist 63: the molecular gastronomist – Peter Barham on gastronomy (2014)
visitors this year: 1,098 We talk with Peter Barham, a professor of ‘Molecular Gastronomy’ about what his delicious subject entails. He wrote the book “The Science of Cooking”. His idea is that “a kitchen...
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scientist 16: the chocolatier – making chocolate (2012)
visitors this year: 431 Chocolatier Cheryl Brighty of Artistry in Cocoa, tells Nicola Terry how chocolate is made from a cocoa pod. Cheryl works at Artistry in cocoa www.artistryincocoa.co.uk Tagged biology, making chocolate, cocoa, chemistry, Nicola Terry...
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Growing food crops interview with Dr Julian Little of Bayer Crop Science – 105science
visitors this year: 111 This podcast focuses on the science of food crops. The growing world population leads to a demand to farm the land several times more effectively than we used to. But...
