A boiling an egg inside out and other kitchen tales Hopia, Anu Inkeri creator author. Fooladi, Erik Cyrus author. text bibliography Cookbooks. flu 2019 monographic eng

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xii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Various food and cooking myths, with a culinary explanation, and including in-chapter recipes. The real thing? : the chemistry and psychology of an apple pie -- Boiling an egg from the inside out -- In the beginning there was an egg -- Mussels on acid -- Sausage engineering -- Mustard, fiercely yours -- The potatoes that refused to become tender -- Gravlax and a pinch of salt chemistry -- The art of heating -- Cold skillet : juicy fish -- Tempering the meat before cooking, ...or maybe not -- Cooking pits : prehistoric cooking meets science -- White wine in cooking should always be dry, right? -- Taking stock of broth -- Salt shapes the pasta -- You can see it, hear it, taste it and feel it : what is it? it is the taste of food! -- Can you cut down on the salt without affecting the taste? -- Physics takes the cake -- The great norwegian porridge feud -- The inevitable dishes -- Glossary. Anu Hopia and Erik Fooladi. Includes bibliographical references and index. Cooking Popular works Food habits Popular works TX652 .H6477 2019 394.1/2 H792 Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2019] (DLC) 2019717455 9781138611306 (hardback : alk. paper) 2018051394 DLC 181102 20251124164748.0 20729863 eng