Unit Conversion

A turkey’s weight when raw is what you pay for; a turkey’s weight after cooking are what you serve. More than half the turkey’s original weight dissapears in the form of bones, skin, and water loss, and that makes a big difference. Here’s a handy calculator to help you convert your number of guests into … Read more

The problem with meal prepping is that math is never clear. I know I’ve got a bunch of cooked chicken left over, but how long will that actualy go? A portioning tool removes any guesswork out of equation. It separates the meal into something you can use. You’re no longer shoveling food from one container … Read more

When you flip your pancakes, they sinks down and become these heavy rubbery discs. The issue is typicaly about leavening (not how you cook pancake itself). Think of the baking powder as engine of the pancake: It needs an exact mix of fuel to operate properly. Too little and your stack will be flat; too … Read more

Burning the loaf isn’t the worst part of home baking. That would be realizing the dough has collapsed because you was distracted by a phone call, or a sudden craving for coffee. This is called overproofing. You trusted the clock, not your eyes. But it’s also not all about your anxiety. It’s about biology. Yeast … Read more

Two days prior to your bbq you’re freaking out. The smoker’s all set up, the rub is blended, and the side dishes is prepared, but now what? What size brisket should I purchase? Briskets are tricky at the grill. They appear huge when placed on the scale, shrink during the smoke, and will frequently leave … Read more

You can use fridge to adjust how long your sourdough dough ferments by controlling temperature of your refrigerator. Late at night, you form the loaf then stow it in the cool. The next morning, it’s hot out of the oven for breakfast. It is convenient. But the cold does something differnt to the dough: It … Read more

Recipe measurements is always in volume (measuring cups). However, when buying produce from stores, they sold by weight. The gap between what the cup says and what the scale says lead to a lot of cooking mistakes. For example, a pound of limes isn’t telling you anything about the volume of juice you’ll recieve. How … Read more

Each time you attempt to cook up some Belgian waffles there’s a certain point at which food goes from safe to dangerous. That happens when you grab the syrup bottle. Until this point, you’re simply melting butter and pouring batter. Afterward, you’re not preparing breakfast, but building a sugar delivery system. In some cases, it … Read more

The weight doesn’t reliably tell you how many lemons you have (since some is larger than others and not all are equally dense). Enter: this lemon calculator that turns pounds into practical numbers for whole fruit, zest, and juice, filling that gap between what your food weighs versus what it does for you, so you … Read more

Sure, olives are salty, and primarily just salt and brine anyway, so there’s little harm in consuming them by the handful. Follow a macro-centric approach because everything change; different cures, stuffings and colors produce varying amount of carbs. If you’re counting every last one, green olives (with their high fiber) will be lower-net-carb, while some … Read more