Short Wave To Unlock Sublime Flavor, Cook Like A Scientist
Dec 14, 2020
What is flavor? It's more than just taste; it's a full-body experience! Cookbook author Nik Sharma combines culinary arts with scientific inquiry to reinvent recipes. The hosts share hilarious cooking misadventures and the surprising science behind techniques like debittering olive oil. Discover the complexities of flavor and emotional connections to food while learning about cheese-making, especially paneer, and embracing culinary failure as a pathway to mastery. Get ready to unlock a new dimension of cooking!
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Rose-Scented Rice Disaster
- Nik Sharma's earliest cooking experiment involved adding rose syrup to rice.
- The result was inedible, a fluorescent pink, rose-scented disaster.
Kitchen Chemistry
- As a child, Sharma experimented with food and household chemicals.
- He'd isolate pigments from mangoes and spinach using whiskey, fascinated by the color changes.
Cook Like a Scientist
- Ask "why" when cooking, questioning the reasoning behind recipe instructions.
- Understanding the science behind cooking enhances the process.
