The test and the use of man’s education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind” – Jacques Barzun, French educator Buenos Aires – I think I did well, really. It was the last day of class, and I guess back on day one they’d said something about a final exam, though… Read More Final Exams
If it weren’t for Philo T. Farnsworth, inventor of television, we’d still be eating frozen radio dinners.” – Johnny Carson Buenos Aires – Liquid nitrogen is cold. Really cold. To paraphrase Wikipedia: “It is a cryogenic fluid which is potentially capable of causing instant frostbite on contact with living tissue. When appropriately insulated from ambient… Read More The Deep Freeze
Changes to nature do not occur in a vacuum.” – Kevin Lafferty, scientist Buenos Aires – Though I know what Dr. Lafferty means, and I’m sure he went on to clarify this in regard to whatever he was talking about, he clearly hadn’t attended a class on vacuum cooking. Now, the first thought that popped… Read More Smoke and Mirrors
We may never understand the full story behind the snap, crackle, and pop, because finding money for experiments on cereal noises isn’t easy.” – Corey Binns, Live Science Buenos Aires – I realized I forgot to post up notes from the class nearly two weeks ago, along with last week’s which I knew I was… Read More Snap, Crackle, Pop
The air soft as that of Seville in April, and so fragrant that it was delicious to breathe it.” – Christopher Columbus, explorer Buenos Aires – I know, you’ve been waiting for it. It’s not like I could take a class in various techniques and not try them out here and there. No worries that… Read More Grasping for Air
I search for the realness, the real feeling of a subject, all the texture around it … I always want to see the third dimension of something … I want to come alive with the object.” – Andrew Wyeth, American realist painter Buenos Aires – As I mentioned last week, our cocina de vanguardia class… Read More Textures
“Believe me, General, nobody loves your glory as much as I do. Never has a Chief paid more glorious tribute to a lieutenant. At the moment it is being printed, a telling of your life done by myself; being faithful to my conscience I give you all that you deserve. I say this so that… Read More Gimme some Sugar
Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically, a nitrogeneous colloid, not existing as such in the animal body, but formed by the hydrating action of boiling water on the collagen of various kinds of connective tissue (as tendons, bones, ligaments, etc.). Its distinguishing character is that of dissolving in hot… Read More There’s Always Room for Gel…