Everyone needs food, that is just the fact and let just face it bravely. The problem is this: most of your, probably even favorite, foods come from the industry. This means, many of them have been manufactured with any chemical compound that often acts as additive. From the point of view of the industry, this additive compound is everything that is necessary. They need something to make the food
The Maillard Reaction
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I just watched Julie & Julia the other night. Such a delightful movie, it surely is! Someone once said cooking is chemistry in action. Well, cooking is chemistry indeed! We have acids and bases (e.g., vinegar and lye), we have phase changes (ice freezing, butter melting—oooh butter! You can never have too much butter!), we have stirring, mixing, whipping, you name it.