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[-] FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 3 months ago

The person who wrote the title for this clearly doesn't get the joke. "Ig Nobel" is the entire point! "Ig Physics Nobel Prize" makes no sense!

[-] squaresinger@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

OP is using Physics as an euphemism, and then uses it as a fornicative for expletive infixiation.

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 3 months ago

I think it would be so cool to have a cookbook cowritten by physicists/chemists and professional cooks.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 3 months ago

Something different, maybe in the same vein. It is the only cookbook I need: https://archive.org/details/flavorthesaurusc0000segn

[-] Tuuktuuk@mastodontti.fi 4 points 3 months ago
[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

It's available if you go ask Anna about her Archive. ;)

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago

While I was there, I also noticed that the author has another book, Lateral Cooking, that I was able to borrow, along with the 2023 2nd edition of Flavor Thesaurus.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They're both excellent!! She also has a part 2 to the first book and a veggie thesaurus too.

[-] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 6 points 3 months ago

have you heard of this? I'd link it, but idk how friendly this community is with the sebben seas. Yarr...

[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago

I'll find it. ๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐Ÿ˜ˆ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿด

[-] Pudutr0n@feddit.cl 2 points 3 months ago

Hoist the sails!

[-] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 months ago

You might enjoy the work of Kenji Lรณpez-Alt, from Serious Eats. He's not a scientist, but the manner in which he investigates and iterates when solving cooking problems is super scientific. I fucking loved his investigation into Yorkshire puddings , because it validated some of my own findings when investigating the best methods. For example, my tests led me to use a hydration level of 250% (so for every 100g of flour, use 250g of liquids (a combination of eggs and water/milk). Lรณpez-Alt found that 266% worked best, and I was pretty chuffed at someone I respect so much arriving at such a similar answer to my own.

He also wrote a book, titled The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science . It's one of the few books that I've actually bought. Lots of the good stuff can be found on the Serious Eats website though.

[-] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago

You're searching for molecular gastronomy.

https://kitchenwarrior.co.uk/culinary-chemistry-understanding-the-molecular-transformations-of-cooking/

I have this awesome Dutch book by Cook & Chemist that lays down basic kitchen principes in a molecular way. Changed my cooking a fair bit.

[-] HejMedDig@feddit.dk 3 points 3 months ago
[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago

Exactly what I'm looking for but I will proudly be stealing this one for his connections to Epstein and Bill Gates ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด๐Ÿด

[-] HejMedDig@feddit.dk 2 points 3 months ago

Good plan!

I bought Modernist Bread for my wife some years ago. They are really a work of art

[-] individual@toast.ooo 2 points 3 months ago
[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

The Nobel Piece Prize should go to a slice of cake.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

mmmm, nuclear pasta

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