He starts by putting an immersion circulator in a water bath and sets the temperature to 164 degrees; the machine will regulate the temperature to a fraction of a degree. As the water is heating up, ...

NEW YORK — If you’re cooking a meal for Thanksgiving or just showing up to feast, you’re part of a long human history — one that’s older than our own species. Some scientists estimate our early human ...

“Cooking is art—but baking is science,” Bill Nye the Science Guy once said. While a batch of freshly baked chocolate chip ...

Science was never my strength in school, and I was always in awe of the chefs at Lincoln Land Community College who introduced molecular gastronomy to our culinary students. The New York Times ...

Is cooking a science? For years, many home cooks—myself included—would have said no. A kitchen is a place we go in search of warmth and coziness. I used to find the idea of treating this homely space ...

You’ll soon hear that, in order to keep the bowl of guacamole green all during the Super Bowl, just stick an avocado pit in the center of the mash. As if the big black seed were like the plinth in ...

Did you know that cooking food might have started as long as 2 million years ago resulting in a profound influence on the evolution of early humans? With the development of agriculture beginning about ...

For the Times food columnist J. Kenji López-Alt, the kitchen is also a lab, where an understanding of a few basics at the molecular level can make a difference in your next dish. By Katie Van Syckle ...

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Here’s a selection of five cookbooks that came out this year that could spark some inspiration in the kitchen. Chicago-based ...

Pop. . . Pop. . . Pop-Pop-Poppity-Pop-Pop! Whether it’s on the stovetop, in the microwave oven or next to a campfire, the sound of popcorn popping is probably enough to make your mouth water. But have ...

Jack Bishop. Credit: America’s Test Kitchen, Daniel J. van Ackere What’s the secret to making a fluffy omelet or the perfect pie dough? In this interview from 2012, Jack Bishop, now senior content ...