Andrew Schloss - Amazing (Mostly) Edible Science: A Family Guide to Fun Experiments in the Kitchen

(MOSTLY) EDIBLE SCIENCE

A Family Guide to Fun Experiments in the Kitchen

ANDREW SCHLOSS
PHOTOGRAPHS BY CHRIS ROCHELLE

Text copyright 2016 Leslie Jonath and Andrew Schloss

Photographs copyright 2016 Chris Rochelle

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Digital edition: 978-1-62788-845-5

Softcover edition: 978-1-63159-109-9

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Schloss, Andrew, 1951

Amazing (mostly) edible science : a family guide to fun experiments in the kitchen / by Andrew Schloss.

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-63159-109-9 (paperback)ISBN 978-1-62788-845-5 (eISBN)

1. FoodExperiments. 2. ScienceExperiments. 3. Scientific re-creations. I. Title.

TX551.S34 2016

641.3dc23

2015027557

Design: Allison Stern

Food Styling: Amy Wisniewski and Chris Rochelle

In Memory of Memes Custard

When I was ten years old, I watched my grandmother make baked custard. I saw her put a bowl of watery milk and eggs into the oven and, an hour later, pull out a bowl of pudding so solid you could slice it with a knife. I was floored! I knew I was seeing magic, and that sense of wonder has never left me.

Since then, I have learned that what I was actually seeing was science, and observing scientific principles in action every time I work in the kitchen is still a thrill. Thats what cooking, and science, and this book are all about.