Unit Conversion

When cooking an leg of lamb, precision are required because different cut of lamb will react differentally to heat. For instance, the conduction of heat will differ between a bone in leg of lamb and a rack of lamb chops due to the presence of the bone in the leg of lamb. Additionally, the shoulder … Read more

Sodium is a mineral that is found in salt. Sodium is a substance that you must monitor because too much of it can lead to high blood pressure. Although people use table salt to season food, you need to understand the difference between salt and sodium. Table salt contains sodium chloride, which is an compound … Read more

Baking cakes requires an understanding of how the cake batter interact with different pan shapes and pan materials. If you have a specific amount of cake batter that you would like to bake, you must purchase an cake pan that can accommodate the amount and depth of the cake batter. If the depth of the … Read more

When selecting the correct size for a pot, there are two different reasons why the size of the pot is important: the correct size prevents the foods from boiling over and it will even ensure that the heat is distributed even throughout the pot. If the size of the pot is too small in relation … Read more

Flavor pairing is an art of selecting ingredient that enhance and work well with each other. Flavor pairing is the process of selecting ingredients that works well with each other, as compared to flavors that may work against each other and create a dish with strong contrast between ingredients. To create a well-flavored dish, the … Read more

Temperature scales is used to measure the temperature of an object or environments. Furthermore, each temperature scale allow a person to convert the measurements from one scale to another, such as from Celsius to Kelvin or Fahrenheit. Each temperature scale have different values that relate to specific physical phenomenon, and there are errors that can … Read more

Cooking meats requires an understanding of the concepts of temperature and carryover cook. Carryover cooking is the term used to describe the process by which the temperature of meat continue to rise after the meat has been removed from a heat source. This occurs because the heat from the outer portions of the meat transfer … Read more

Cooking results may vary due to the fact that teh oven does not always cook the food to a specific temperature that the recipe require. Most recipes are written with the assumption of a standard cooking setup. A standard cooking setup mean that the rack positioned in the oven is in the middle of a … Read more

Wine pairing involve finding a way to pair wine with food so that the two food and wines work well together. While many people will try to pair wine and food based on the names of the grape used to produce the wine, the best wine pairings involve finding a way to balance the structure … Read more

When you look at a recipe that use Celsius as an unit of measurement for cooking temperature, it’s possible that your oven use Fahrenheit for the same measurement. Because these scales is different, youll need to make a conversion from Celsius to Fahrenheit to ensure your food cook to the recipes specifications. On the Celsius … Read more