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Hacking Your Pressure Cooker For Fun And Culinary Profit
Fact: pressure cookers pump out optimal foods at 15psi, says the French Culinary Institute’s Dave Arnold. Problem: most home pressure cookers max out well below that. Solution: Hack that little punk into submission, then feast on the rewards.
Budding Molecular Cuisine Chefs Take Note…
How To Make Crispiest, Crunchiest, Perfect Potato Chip
The Cutting Edge Of Dessert: How It’s Made At A Four-Star Restaurant
The Mast Brothers channel old-school artisanal techniques in their chocolate. Now, with our friends at Eater, we’d like to show you the other extreme: How Le Bernardin executive pastry chef Michael Laiskonis crafts one of his signature mind-bending desserts, Egg.
Hey You! Why Everyone Should Own A Rice Cooker
The Long Wait For The Iliad Of Modern Cooking, Modernist Cuisine
The Future Of Pancakes Is In A Spraycan, Tastes Like Smoked Bacon
You’ve heard of Batter Blaster, the surprisingly tasty pancake that’s sprayed out of a can. That was just the beginning. Here’s our exclusive look inside the Batter Blaster R&D lab fridge and what’s coming next. To start: Bacon. Flavoured. Pancakes.
Why Do Humans Love Spicy Self-Torture?
Only food prudes are afraid to dabble with a little hot sauce now and then. But why any of us enjoy it at all? Capsaicin, the chemical behind hotness, causes your brain to literally think your tongue is on fire.





















