I feel very fortunate to be able to teach about the physics of food and cooking as part of my faculty position at Appalachian State University. Here is a link to a podcast about my first year seminar Know Watts Cooking class. The students are fantastic and always provide great input to the subject! I think I learn as much from them as they do from me!! I believe that these college years are a FANTASTIC time to start long-lasting cooking skills that will lead to a sustainab

Your oven is a great cooking tool and roasted meals are typically easy and delicious. The average full-size oven has 30 pounds of steel and so heating all that mass is no small energy feat. A great energy-efficiency trick is to use it for several meals once it's hot, including tomorrow's breakfast or lunch or maybe precook dinner for a busy evening you see later this week. You'll save energy AND your future self will thank you for an easy warm-and-enjoy meal. Warming food i