northcoast Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Has anyone studied these topics with their children? Do you have any favorite resources you are willing to share? Any textbooks out there geared for 8th grade or high school? I love to do a study on why certain things are done when one cooks and bakes. Why is flour and corn starch used to thicken sauces? Why bring it to a boil? What's the difference between baking powder & baking soda? Etc, Etc. I'd prefer to not put together my own thing. There has to be a book or something out there for lay people. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachyDoodle Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Alton Brown has a great cookbook that goes over a lot of this. We got it last year when dd (then 8) was working on a science fair project. She was a somewhat advanced reader, but she was able to read some of it on her own, and I'm sure it would be easily understood by an 8th grader. I'll see if I can come up with the title... Episodes of his show are fantastic for food science too. I'd love to build a study around them! ETA: Found it! We used I'm Just Here for More Food: Food x Mixing + Heat = Baking, which is all baking recipes.There's also I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking, which seems to be more about cooking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ondreeuh Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Cooking for Geeks! It's written for teens and adults. http://www.amazon.com/Cooking-Geeks-Science-Great-Hacks/dp/0596805888/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1428444498&sr=1-1&keywords=cooking+for+geeks If you look at the "customers also bought" part, there are other books about the science of cooking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrysalis Academy Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 There are so many great books out there now, but the grandaddy/bible of food science as got to be On Food and Cooking: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684800012/ref=s9_psimh_gw_p14_d0_i3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=0ZKYVA6AHAPDBP47SYF2&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=1970559082&pf_rd_i=desktop MIT OCW has a Kitchen Chemistry course - you can download the syllabus, recipes, etc: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/special-programs/sp-287-kitchen-chemistry-spring-2009/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northcoast Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 Thanks for the great suggestions so far! Maybe now we should get cable to watch Alton Brown. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Good Eats is on Netflix if that helps. :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeachyDoodle Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Good Eats is on Netflix if that helps. :) I believe it's on Amazon too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rachel Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Subbing to find later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Some book recommendations: Culinary Reactions: The Everyday Science of Cooking Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, & Good Food Fennema's Food Chemistry What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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