" at the Exploratorium as they mess around in the kitchen! Beginning September 1st, the Exploratorium will present a website devoted to the science of cooking. Give your input online on such food controversies as grain-fed vs....

, the texture of refined wheat flour. Second, the utensil. Nothing fancy here, just a regular 2o oz stainless Turkish coffeemaker pot. Third, the water. Filtered ( ceramic + activated carbon ), definitely not tap. Fourth, the mix. The...

. Activated carbon will filter out the smallest particulates, but not viruses or bacteria. Reverse osmosis will give you the purest water, removing even dissolved minerals depending on the membrane used. Not sure what you mean by...

of active cooking time and as for the carbon footprint, all the intense btu’s that are consumed in a little less than three hours by the stove, oven, and broiler. Then you get to wash and clean for about an hour and a half...

of the fridge and took off the bottom panel to clean it out. She screamed as she came up with a dead mouse shell (the body part rotted away). Seriously, take the fridge apart and really do a thorough check. And I find that...

/10 stainless; they disagreed) 1) cooked too hot, and destroyed food’s enzymatic activity and thus the food and nutritive value or said food; only surgical grade stainless did not do this; 2) to demonstrate this, and...

Hi! Forgive my ignorance. Could what you describe be a low level of carbon monoxide poisoning? If yes, after the buzz are you left with a roaring headache as a souvenir? Where this is practiced, is it a solo or a social activity?...

There are a lot of activated carbons used in industry (food/beverage/water treatment) to minimize off-odors/flavors on a large-scale. There are many specific charcoal types used for different applications, for instance, charcoal...

the RO filter. These are to remove sediments. So you may have 2 sediment filters (a coarse and fine) and an activated carbon one. The output of these goes into the RO filter. After that you may have a ‘taste filter’ ,...

to be pale beige rather than pure white. Perhaps the Costco organic is imported. There is no reason why organic sugar could not be white as the final refining step is done with activated carbon which should be OK. It may be a...

the few Chinese characters in the instruction that it’s for eliminating odor in the kitchen, or refrigerator. Handling the stick leaves my hands black. I remember back in another thread about tea someone mentioned using a...

The Spanish Table is about as good as it gets. One reason you’re not seeing a lot of white activity there is because there really isn’t a lot of Spanish white. And for the most part, what there is is mostly fermented...

with jalapenos and onions with their tacos. I make the pickled carrots myself at home now. Have you been to Tacos al Carbon taqueria? It’s mainly an all Latino clientel, which says quite a bit about the food. They have a...

the green powder supplement advises to use filtered water for the mixture with the powder due to the chlorination effect from tap and/or unfiltered water. A local supermarket has a large water filter machine (reverse osmosis,...

Has anyone read Margaret Wente’s piece in today’s G&M about growing local food and our 'carbon footprints'? If this is a topic that interests you, it’s an entertaining piece that certainly speaks to some of the...