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Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food

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by Jeff Potter


  ethylene gas, Kitchen Equipment

  eucalyptol, Smell (Olfactory Sense)

  Evans, Maureen, Reading Between the Lines

  evaporation, Stock, broth, and consommé

  experimentation

  commercial hardware and techniques, Commercial Hardware and Techniques

  Potter’s kitchen tips, Breakfast

  sous vide cooking, Sous Vide Cooking

  F

  Fake, Caterina, Seasonal Method

  Famous Old Receipts (Smith), Reading Between the Lines

  Fancy Fast Food website, Functional Fixedness

  farmers’ markets, Seasonal Method

  FAT TOM acronym, Foodborne Illness and Staying Safe, Acids and Bases, Anti-Sugar: Lactisole

  fat washing, Alcohol

  fats

  capsaicin and, Combinations of Tastes and Smells

  desirability in taste, Taste (Gustatory Sense)

  error tolerances in measuring, Gluten

  gluten formation and, Gluten

  in dairy products, Whipped Cream

  in meats, 104°F / 40°C and 122°F / 50°C: Proteins in Fish and Meat Begin to Denature

  nutrition and, A Few Words on Nutrition

  Powdered Brown Butter, "Melts" in your mouth: Maltodextrin

  FDA

  2005 Food Code, Fish and other seafood

  2009 Food Code, How to Prevent Foodborne Illness Caused by Bacteria

  Bad Bug Book, Foodborne Illness and Staying Safe, How to Prevent Foodborne Illness Caused by Bacteria, Foodborne Illness and Sous Vide Cooking

  on curing fish, Salt

  on handling fish, How to Prevent Foodborne Illness Caused by Parasites

  organic versus conventional foods, Seasonal Method

  testing programs, How to Prevent Foodborne Illness Caused by Bacteria

  fear of failure, Taste == Feedback, Reading Between the Lines

  fermentation, Yeast in beverages

  Feta Cheese (and Watermelon) Salad, Combinations of Tastes and Smells

  filberts, Taste (Gustatory Sense)

  filtration, Sous Vide Cooking, Filtration

  fish and seafood

  Bacon-Wrapped Scallops, Meat Glue: Transglutaminase

  bacteria and, Kitchen Equipment

  Calamari Couscous, 158°F / 70°C: Vegetable Starches Break Down

  Calamari Crackling, 158°F / 70°C: Vegetable Starches Break Down

  cleaning squid, 158°F / 70°C: Vegetable Starches Break Down

  collagen in, 154°F / 68°C: Collagen (Type I) Denatures

  cooking with acids, Acids and Bases

  curing, Dry brining

  environmentally sound, Seasonal Method

  flavor considerations, Choosing Your Inputs: Flavors and Ingredients

  food safety and, How to Prevent Foodborne Illness Caused by Parasites

  Grilled Fish with Bayou Sauce or Mustard Sauce, Adapt and Experiment Method

  key temperatures in cooking, Key Temperatures in Cooking

  Lemony Quinoa and Asparagus with Shrimp Scampi, Kitchen Pruning

  osmosis and salt, Salt

  Salmon Gravlax, Wet brining

  Salmon Poached in Olive Oil, 104°F / 40°C and 122°F / 50°C: Proteins in Fish and Meat Begin to Denature

  salt roasting, Wet brining

  Salt-Roasted Fish, Wet brining

  Scallop Ceviche, Acids and Bases

  Seared Mussels, Bitter

  Seared Scallops, 310°F / 154°C: Maillard Reactions Become Noticeable

  Seared Tuna with Cumin and Salt, 104°F / 40°C and 122°F / 50°C: Proteins in Fish and Meat Begin to Denature

  Shrimp Roll-up, Liquid Smoke: Distilled Smoke Vapor

  sous vide cooking, Foodborne Illness and Sous Vide Cooking, Vacuum packers, Fish and other seafood

  Squid Bruschetta, 154°F / 68°C: Collagen (Type I) Denatures

  storage tips, Kitchen Equipment

  substitutions for allergies, Substitutions for Common Allergies

  temperatures for doneness, 104°F / 40°C and 122°F / 50°C: Proteins in Fish and Meat Begin to Denature

  fixed function, Functional Fixedness

  flash pickling, Chocolate

  flavor combinations, Choosing Your Inputs: Flavors and Ingredients

  adapt and experiment method, Choosing Your Inputs: Flavors and Ingredients, Adapt and Experiment Method

  analytical method, Choosing Your Inputs: Flavors and Ingredients, Analytical Method

  balancing, Regional/Traditional Method

  gauging compatibility, Smell (Olfactory Sense), Adapt and Experiment Method

  identifying, Taste (Gustatory Sense)

  physiology of smell and taste, Choosing Your Inputs: Flavors and Ingredients

  regional/traditional method, Choosing Your Inputs: Flavors and Ingredients, Regional/Traditional Method

  seasonal method, Choosing Your Inputs: Flavors and Ingredients, Seasonal Method

  with basic tastes, Combinations of Tastes and Smells

  flavor enhancers

  artificial flavorants, Smell (Olfactory Sense)

  Potter’s kitchen tips, Breakfast

  salt as, Bitter

  Savage on, Cooking for Others

  flavor tripping, Combinations of Tastes and Smells

  Flavornet, Analytical Method

  flocculation, Yeast in beverages

  floral odor, Analytical Method

  flour, Gluten

  (see also )

  as food additive, Playing with Chemicals

  as thickener, Making gels: Starches

  gluten levels in, Avoid PEBKAC-type errors: RTFR!, Gluten

  maturing process, Gluten

  measuring, Measuring cups and scales

  milling, Gluten

  wheat allergies and, Wheat Allergies

  Foamed Scrambled Eggs, Cream Whippers (a.k.a. "iSi Whippers")

  foams

  cakes relying on, Meringues

  defined, Mechanical Leaveners

  egg white, Egg Whites

  food additives and, Making Foams: Lecithin

  from beer, Sugar

  Fruit Juice Foam, Making Foams: Lecithin

  stabilizing, Making Foams: Lecithin

  food additives, Playing with Chemicals

  about, Playing with Chemicals

  acids and bases, Acids and Bases

  alcohol, Alcohol

  anti-sugar, Anti-Sugar: Lactisole

  buying, E Numbers: The Dewey Decimal System of Food Additives

  colloids, Gluten, E Numbers: The Dewey Decimal System of Food Additives

  E numbers classification, E Numbers: The Dewey Decimal System of Food Additives

  flavor tripping, Combinations of Tastes and Smells

  liquid smoke, Liquid Smoke: Distilled Smoke Vapor

  making foams, Making Foams: Lecithin

  making gels, Making Gels: Starches, Carrageenan, Agar, and Sodium Alginate

  making things melt, Making Things Melt in Weird Ways: Methylcellulose and Maltodextrin

  meat glue, Meat Glue: Transglutaminase

  modern industrial chemicals, Modern Industrial Chemicals

  salt, Cooking for Others, Taste (Gustatory Sense), Tastes: Bitter, Salty, Sour, Sweet, Umami, Others, Traditional Cooking Chemicals

  sugar (see )

  texture and, Mozzarella spheres

  traditional cooking chemicals, Traditional Cooking Chemicals

  transglutaminase, Gluten

  food allergies, Cooking Around Allergies

  cooking around, Cooking Around Allergies

  cooking for others and, Cooking for One

  substitutions for, Substitutions for Common Allergies

  food calorie, A Few Words on Nutrition

  Food Chemistry (Belitz), Seasonal Method, Sugar

  food engineers, Mozzarella spheres

  food mysteries, solving, Analytical Method

  Food Network, Wet brining

  food pornography, How to Prevent Foodborne I
llness Caused by Parasites

  food preferences, Cooking for One

  food processors, Mixers & co., Kitchen Pruning

  food rheology, Mozzarella spheres

  food safety

  bacteria and, Foodborne Illness and Staying Safe

  chilling large quantities quickly, Foodborne Illness and Staying Safe

  danger zone rule, Foodborne Illness and Staying Safe, How to Prevent Foodborne Illness Caused by Parasites, Foodborne Illness and Sous Vide Cooking

  experimenting and, Stock, broth, and consommé

  foodborne illness and, Foodborne Illness and Staying Safe, Acids and Bases

  parasites and, How to Prevent Foodborne Illness Caused by Parasites

  plasmolysis and, Salt

  Potter’s kitchen tips, Breakfast

  risk/consequences equation, Foodborne Illness and Staying Safe

  sous vide cooking and, How to Prevent Foodborne Illness Caused by Bacteria, Foodborne Illness and Sous Vide Cooking, Vacuum packers

  food sensitivity, Cooking for One

  foodborne illness (see )

  FoodPairing, Analytical Method

  Foods: Experimental Perspectives (McWilliams), Pasteurized Eggs

  forged blades (knives), Kitchen Equipment

  48-Hour Brisket, Beef and other red meats

  Fox, Arthur, Salty

  freezing

  berries, Making ice cream

  breads, Yeast in breads

  dough, Baking Powder

  meats, Kitchen Equipment

  parasites and, How to Prevent Foodborne Illness Caused by Parasites, Sous Vide Cooking

  French cuisine, Regional/Traditional Method

  French Meringue, Meringues

  French Meringues, Savory, Anti-Sugar: Lactisole

  French Women Don’t Get Fat, Whipped Cream

  Fresco, Louise, Seasonal Method

  fructose, 356°F / 180°C: Sugar Begins to Caramelize Visibly, Yeast in breads

  Fruit Juice Foam, Making Foams: Lecithin

  fruits

  Apple Pie, Making ice cream

  artificial flavors and, Smell (Olfactory Sense)

  Black Cherry Compote, Seasonal Method

  Candied Orange Rind, Sugar

  flavor considerations, Smell + Taste = Flavor

  Fruit Juice Foam, Making Foams: Lecithin

  Lime Marmalade, Sugar

  organic versus conventional, Seasonal Method

  Pear Sorbet, Smell (Olfactory Sense)

  pectin in, 158°F / 70°C: Vegetable Starches Break Down

  Poached Pears in Red Wine, 158°F / 70°C: Vegetable Starches Break Down

  Preserved Lemons, Wet brining

  ripening, Kitchen Equipment

  seasonality, Seasonal Method

  storage tips, Kitchen Equipment

  Strawberry or Raspberry Soufflé, Egg Yolks

  syrup experiment, Sugar

  Watermelon and Feta Cheese Salad, Combinations of Tastes and Smells

  frying pans, Pots and pans

  functional fixedness, Functional Fixedness, Tips for Newbies

  fungiform papillae, Salty

  furaneol, Smell (Olfactory Sense)

  fusion cooking, Rice, Wheat, Grains ≅ Congee, Cream of Wheat, Porridge

  G

  Gagnaire, Pierre, Sugar

  Garcia Effect, Others

  Garden Soup, Reading Between the Lines

  garlic press, Unitaskers

  gastrointestinal distress, Foodborne Illness and Staying Safe

  Gazpacho, Seasonal Method

  gelatin

  collagen and, 154°F / 68°C: Collagen (Type I) Denatures

  cooking vegetables and, 158°F / 70°C: Vegetable Starches Break Down

  improving mouth-feel, Making Gels: Starches, Carrageenan, Agar, and Sodium Alginate

  melting point, 154°F / 68°C: Collagen (Type I) Denatures

  gels, Making Gels: Starches, Carrageenan, Agar, and Sodium Alginate

  agar, E Numbers: The Dewey Decimal System of Food Additives, Making gels: Agar

  carrageenan, E Numbers: The Dewey Decimal System of Food Additives, Making Gels: Starches, Carrageenan, Agar, and Sodium Alginate, Making gels: Carrageenan

  classifying, Making Gels: Starches, Carrageenan, Agar, and Sodium Alginate

  gelatin and, 154°F / 68°C: Collagen (Type I) Denatures, 158°F / 70°C: Vegetable Starches Break Down, Making Gels: Starches, Carrageenan, Agar, and Sodium Alginate

  Gelled Milk with Iota and Kappa Carrageenan, Making gels: Carrageenan

  Lemon Meringue Pie, Making gels: Starches

  making, Making Gels: Starches, Carrageenan, Agar, and Sodium Alginate

  pectin and, 158°F / 70°C: Vegetable Starches Break Down, Baking Powder, Making Gels: Starches, Carrageenan, Agar, and Sodium Alginate

  sodium alginate, Making gels: Sodium alginate

  starches, 158°F / 70°C: Vegetable Starches Break Down, Gluten, Making gels: Starches

  genetically modified foods (GMO), Seasonal Method

  GIGO (garbage in, garbage out), Choosing Your Inputs: Flavors and Ingredients

  Gin and Tonic, Stock, broth, and consommé

  Ginger Lemon Soda, Yeast in beverages

  Ginger Syrup, Sweet

  Gingerbread Cookies, Baking Soda

  giving (cooking style), Functional Fixedness, Know your type

  gliadin, Air: Baking’s Key Variable, Gluten

  glutamate (amino acid), Smell + Taste = Flavor, Sweet, Umami (a.k.a. Savory)

  glutamine, Gluten, Meat Glue: Transglutaminase

  gluten

  levels in flour, Avoid PEBKAC-type errors: RTFR!, Air: Baking’s Key Variable

  wheat allergies and, Wheat Allergies

  glutenin, Air: Baking’s Key Variable

  glycogen, Key Temperatures in Cooking

  GMO (genetically modified foods), Seasonal Method

  Good Eats, Prepping Ingredients

  Google Books, Regional/Traditional Method

  gourds, cutting, Seasonal Method

  Gourmet Magazine, Adapt and Experiment Method

  le goût de terroir, Regional/Traditional Method

  grains

  gluten level of, Gluten

  Lemony Quinoa and Asparagus with Shrimp Scampi, Kitchen Pruning

  Rice Congee, Rice, Wheat, Grains ≅ Congee, Cream of Wheat, Porridge

  gram calories, A Few Words on Nutrition

  Gravy, Mozzarella spheres

  Greek cuisine, Regional/Traditional Method

  Greek-Style Marinade, Regional/Traditional Method

  Green Olives, Acids and Bases

  Grilled Fish with Bayou Sauce or Mustard Sauce, Adapt and Experiment Method

  Grilled Sweet Potato Fries, 158°F / 70°C: Vegetable Starches Break Down

  Grilled Vegetables, 158°F / 70°C: Vegetable Starches Break Down

  grilling

  Grilled Fish with Bayou Sauce or Mustard Sauce, Adapt and Experiment Method

  Grilled Sweet Potato Fries, 158°F / 70°C: Vegetable Starches Break Down

  Grilled Vegetables, 158°F / 70°C: Vegetable Starches Break Down

  Maillard reaction and, Heat Transfer and Doneness

  vegetables, Seasonal Method, 158°F / 70°C: Vegetable Starches Break Down

  Grosch, W., Sugar

  guar gum, E Numbers: The Dewey Decimal System of Food Additives

  gustatory sense (see )

  Gustavson, Carl, Others

  H

  HAACP, How to Prevent Foodborne Illness Caused by Bacteria

  hacker thinking

  defined, Think Like a Hacker

  Duncker’s Candle Problem, Functional Fixedness

  functional fixedness and, Functional Fixedness, Tips for Newbies

  in kitchen, Think Like a Hacker

  learning how to cook and, Tips for Newbies

  mental restructuring, Functional Fixedness

  hands

  as kitchen tool, Unitaskers

  as
thermometers, Thermometers and timers

  hazelnuts, Taste (Gustatory Sense)

  healthy (cooking style), Functional Fixedness, Know your type

  heat gradient, Heat Transfer and Doneness

  heat shields, Convection

  heat transfer

  carryover and, Temperature gradients

  combinations of methods, Radiation

  conduction, Methods of Heat Transfer

 

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