Spoiler… This blog post has no recipe. It is a short intermission from all food-focused entries to show a graph I think every human...

Happy Earth Day! We have only one planet but 7 billions people who can protect it! Spring is a perfect time to start preparing for our...

There is almost unanimous agreement that in order to realize a sustainable food future AND dramatically reduce atmospheric concentrations...

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...

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...

Single-use plastic has invaded our lives so completely; eliminating it is effectively impossible. In fact, we often don’t even “see”...

A frequent question I receive is if gas or electric stove-tops are more efficient. As with many of these questions, the answer is a very...

OK, so this blog title may seem like a bit of a stretch but here’s my thinking…. In order to realize a sustainable food future, we have...

In the past, there used to be only two mainstream options for stovetop burner selection: Electric resistance and Gas flame. Now there’s...

Looking for that perfect Christmas gift? Home beverage carbonizers, such as Soda Stream, provide us with an easy way to make delicious...