On Food and Cooking

century that the remarkable agricultural scientist George Washington Carver encouraged southern farmers t ...

liberation of vanillin from the shell. In the United States, four varieties are grown for different purposes: ...

host of tiny crystals that hold the very unsaturated, liquid peanut oil in place. Low- fat peanut ...

inactivate enzymes and soften the cellular structure, then pressing them; the oil is then clarified ...

Louisiana slave named Antoine, who worked out how to graft wood from superior trees onto seedling ...

by weakening cells and allowing oil to come into contact with the air. Carefully handled, raw pecans can be ...

for its stem fibers. And sesame comes from two words in the ancient Middle Eastern Akkadian language t ...

and sweet preparations, and pressed to make oil. In Korea, pine pollen is used to make sweets, and Roma ...

cracks the inner shell open. Traditionally, the ripe fruits were knocked from the trees and sun-dried, and ...

genus Juglans, of which there are around 15 species native to southwestern Asia, eastern Asia, and the ...

Pine nuts. They are borne on the scales of pine cones, and like the coconut, are mainly endosperm ...

commonly used to make breads, confections, and ice creams, but it’s difficult to extract from t ...

pleasantly nutty flavor and an attractively glossy appearance. Two qualities set it apart from other edible seeds ...

same plant whose immature seed capsules are cut to collect the latex called opium, a mixture of ...

cells containing tiny crystals of calcium oxalate: and the crystals act like tiny prisms, refracting ligh ...

green; but when the seed meal is wetted and heated to increase the yield, more carotenoids are extracted ...

in common with roasted coffee (furfurylthiol). Sesame seeds are made into the seasoned Middle Eastern p ...

like the “seed” of the strawberry, a single seed contained in a thin hull. The seed is mainly storage ...

Chapter 10 Cereal Doughs and Batters Bread, Cakes, Pastry, Pasta The Evolution of Bread Prehistoric Times Greece and Ro ...

Dough and Batter Ingredients: Wheat Flours Kinds of Wheat Turning Wheat into Flour Minor Flour Components ...