Baking + Engineering

[AnneGG]

My boys are crazy about Baking Impossible. It’s a baking competition show that incorporates engineering. 
 

They are 7,8, and 12 and have requested we have bakineer science. Any ideas? I would like some sort of  engineering spine book so that I can explain everything properly. 

Edited November 21, 2022 by AnneGG

[Clarita]

All of these are adult books (written for adults interested in the subject). 

https://www.amazon.com/Food-Cooking-Science-Lore-Kitchen/dp/0684800012 Not only on baking but cooking and the science behind how it works.

https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Pastry-Chef-Fundamentals-Baking/dp/0471359254/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33GGZ23OKRTHP&keywords=The+pastry+chef&qid=1669075689&s=books&sprefix=the+pastry+chef%2Cstripbooks%2C137&sr=1-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.08f69ac3-fd3d-4b88-bca2-8997e41410bb This is actually a baking book for potential pastry chefs. I've found it does a great job really explaining how all the different ingredients affect the end baking result. It is written to the pastry chef so it dips it's toe into the science of it (enough information to devise your own baking recipes and learn to tweak ingredients to get the results you want) but doesn't do deep deep dives into what's happening on the molecular level or anything. I will also say the recipes in this book are not always the easiest to execute and a lot of the recipes as is makes A LOT, but a lot of the recipes (I have not made them all) will tell you how to adjust to make the amount you want.

[Clarita]

https://www.amazon.com/How-Baking-Works-Exploring-Fundamentals/dp/0470392673/ref=d_bmx_dp_lh275hoo_sccl_2_4/141-3333024-7049342?pd_rd_w=HL5BM&content-id=amzn1.sym.03cddf99-60da-42aa-a88d-bfc8f7064d69&pf_rd_p=03cddf99-60da-42aa-a88d-bfc8f7064d69&pf_rd_r=ZDQM6ZM4894X7A9XZF6V&pd_rd_wg=V7nqM&pd_rd_r=d750b90f-f541-4e20-b036-5be247a78b4f&pd_rd_i=0470392673&psc=1 This one looks like it can be good too from the reviews, but I don't have this one so I don't have personal experience with it.

[cintinative]

This might not be exactly what you mean, but there are good scientific explanations for things in Alton Brown's cookbooks

I'm Just Here for the Food  (Cooking) https://www.amazon.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Im-Just-Here-Food-Version/dp/158479559X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1669080519&sr=8-3

I'm Just Here for More Food (Baking)  https://www.amazon.com/Im-Just-Here-More-Food/dp/B004KAB31G

[Lori D.]

Some possible resources:

websites
(some activities might be usable as is, others you might be able to adapt to be more like the concept of the Baking Impossible show)
- Science Sparks blog - 50 kitchen chemistry experiments
- Science Buddies article - cooking & food science STEM activities for kids
- PBS ZOOM activities/challenges - chemistry, engineering, physical science
- Steve Spangler Science -- experiment library

books
- STEAM Kids in the Kitchen - hands-on science, technology, engineering, art, and math recipes
- Awesome Engineering Activities for Kids - 50 STEAM projects to design and build (could sub food items for some build items)
- The Way Things Work (Macauley) -- gr. 4-8; explains mechanics of movement; elements; waves; electricity & automation; digital; inventions
- Engineering for Curious Kids (Oxlade) -- gr. 3-6; intro to design, building, problem solving, materials, etc.

Edited November 22, 2022 by Lori D.

[AnneGG]

Thanks guys! I will check these out.

 

This is going to be fun!