On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

Recipes Are Made To Be Broken, Part Three

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Once you learn why a recipe works the way it does, you are ready to change it.

Storing Cheese

Image by Jacob EnosImage by Jacob EnosI love tips from old cookbooks. I particularly like it when I can figure out whether or not they actually work and why.

Recently, I saw a tip on Lifehacker that caught my attention: to store cheese (keeping it soft and preventing mold growth), spread a thin layer of butter on it. In the comments, someone one-ups this by suggesting that the butter be spread on cheesecloth which is then used to wrap the cheese.

Storing coffee

If you love your coffee, store it properly.

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