On Food and Cooking

include many aroma and taste compounds, as well as browning pigments that provide color (almost a third ...

to 3 minutes for a fine grind, to 6 to 8 minutes for a coarse grind. Brewing Methods There are a ...

measure (one 2-tablespoon/30-ml scoop may deliver anywhere from 8 to 12 gm coffee, depending on grind and ...

in about 30 seconds. A piston or spring or electrical pump drives 200ºF/93ºC water through finely ground c ...

dioxide gas still trapped in the ground coffee, and the mixture of dissolved and suspended carbohydrates, ...

Serving and Holding Coffee Freshly brewed coffee is best enjoyed immediately — its flavor is evanescent. ...

bitterness is due to easily extracted caffeine, the rest to more slowly extracted phenolic compounds and ...

made by soaking green coffee beans with water to dissolve the caffeine, extracting the caffeine from ...

commercially practical in Switzerland just before World War II. It’s made by brewing ground coffe ...

Neither wood nor the smoke it gives off is an herb or a spice, strictly speaking. Yet cooks and makers of ...

water and carbon dioxide. The Nature of Wood Wood consists of three primary materials: cellulose and hemicell ...

small amount of protein, enough to support the browning reactions that generate typical roasted flavors ...

and fish, by exposing the foods to the smoky vapors emitted by burning wood. Makers of wine and s ...

lignin woods burn too hot unless their combustion is slowed by restricted airflow or a high moisture content ...

acid (vinegar) and other organic acids, thanks to which the pH of smoke is a very microbe- unfriendly 2.5 ...

fire, and allowing free air circulation to carry soot and other PAH-containing particles away. Commercial smok ...

of liquid smoke have found that though it is full of biologically active compounds, the quantities norma ...

mixed sugars) 20– 35% 480ºF vinegar 200– 250ºC Diacetyl: buttery Lignin (cell- wall strengthener, from phenolic compou ...

Chapter 9 Seeds Grains, Legumes, and Nuts Seeds as Food Some Definitions Seeds and Health Valuable Phytochemicals ...

Sprouts Cooking Seeds The Grains, or Cereals Grain Structure and Composition Milling and Refining Breakfast Cereals Wheat ...