Forbes checks out the newest cooking thingamajigs, from the ridiculous to the revolutionary.

It’s amazing how well a good sparkling wine can pair with food that comes from boxes and plastic bags.

't do this very often, as thinking makes my head hurt. The upshot is, that your rising reaction may stop too soon and may not produce enough carbon dioxide gas to make the cake rise properly. I’ll try to explain the chemistry...

I assume what the OP means is the miniature tanks/canisters of carbon dioxide used in home seltzer makers (machines?) - here in NYC most reasonably well stocked kitchen stores seem to have them. I don’t know the equivalents...

Karumeyaki (also known as dalgona) and popki (sugar cutouts) are examples of flourless sugar cookies made in copper skillets. Precise timing of the release of carbon dioxide from baking soda seems to be key in making instant...

A wine’s ability to hold carbon dioxide decreases as it warms. So, warming a sparkling wine will cause it to release some of its dissolved gas, making for a bigger pop on opening and lots of foam but fewer, less vigorous...

such as filling balloons with carbon dioxide from yeast, making sugar and salt crystal sculptures, building a pickle battery and even making gluten balls. http://www.exploratorium.edu/pr/accidentalscientist.html

I believe club soda has a high sodium content. Sparkling water usually has a broader array of minerals. I think seltzer is water injected with carbon dioxide.

and eighty-eight kilograms of carbon-dioxide emissions per ton, about a fourth the amount produced by British lamb. In part, that is because pastures in New Zealand need far less fertilizer than most grazing land in Britain (or...

Rumford Baking Powder is in good supply in the mid-west. I was taught in one of my Foods and Nutrition classes in college that it has the highest carbon dioxide yield of al of the baking powders. We had to do some baking...

From their web-site "we modified the traditional method of making champagne. We start with a blend of high quality white wines and infuse the effervescence." Did they think people might not understand 'pump in carbon dioxide'?

Yes, it’s alive. It’s the cellulose left behind by the bacterial culture that produces acetic acid. It eats sugar and excretes acetic acid, similar to the way that yeast eats sugar and excretes carbon dioxide. That...

carbon dioxide yield of any baking powder giving the best rise.

he’s mistaken about carbonation loss. Prior to opening, the soda is pressurized, which will keep the carbon dioxide dissolved in the liquid. (Although once the cans are opened, the CO2 will come out of solution faster if...

There is indeed a difference. Sourdough starters are a mixed culture, that is there are at least two different types of microorganisms present, some sort of wild yeast that provides a great deal of flavor, and the carbon dioxide...