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Wrapping Up Modernist Cuisine

The month of August has gone the way of the other months – that is to say that it was packed with crazy adventures, cool experiences, and lots of work. It was also my last month at The Cooking Lab, as I finished my contract on Monday. Ever since finishing the...
Crumble & Flake Macaron

How to be a good customer

Avoid sticker shock and other restaurant trauma by getting more information about a restaurant before you dine there.Photo by Paul Alhadef In May, I celebrated one year of professional cooking as a “real” cook, distinctive from individual catering...
Crumble & Flake Macaron

Carbonated foam

Carbonation is weird, and I’ve gotten to where I only seek out carbonated beverages when I eat Mexican food or need a vector for my vodka. Though it’s not ground-breaking, I started exploring carbonating fluid gels, based on Russel Karath’s blog post...
Crumble & Flake Macaron

Best bread ever

Well-known baker/chef Charlie Van Over and author/chef Priscilla Martel spent one week at The Lab working on some bread recipes. They were some of the most fun and colorful chefs to spend time in our lab. Chef Charlie had developed a specific mixing blade for the...