Also a core concept in the novel/AppleTV series Lessons In Chemistry:
Comment on Cooking is just applied chemistry
criitz@reddthat.com 5 months ago
Watch some Good Eats with Alton Brown, he talks a lot about the chemistry involved in cooking
jaaake@lemmy.world 5 months ago
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
That’s what I was going to say :)
Legit, I was a passable cook before good eats. After watching it for a while, not only did it give me a bit of passion for cooking, but I got good at it. Then serious eats came along and helped me refine some more. Once you start thinking of cooking and baking as controlled chemical reactions, it makes things easier to grasp.
epyon22@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Gives you not only the how but the why, which just opens up a bunch of other learning types for cooking.
TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
J Kenji Lopez too.