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Everything about Cooking
Preparing food using heat
Cooking, also known as cookery, is the art, science and craft of using heat to make food more palatable, digestible, nutritious, or safe. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely, from grilling food over an open fire, to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens, to boiling and blanching in water, reflecting local conditions, techniques and traditions. Cooking is an aspect of all human societies and a cultural universal. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: CookingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: High moisture extrusion cooking of meat analogs: A review of mechanisms of protein texturizationInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Boston Cooking-School cook bookThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil: 1. Process design and technological assessmentCited 1,374 times
- Go sideways: Outline of food preparationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Stir fryingA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun The process of preparing food by using heat.
Noun An instance of preparing food by using heat.
Noun The result of preparing food by using heat. One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
Noun One's ability to prepare food; cookery.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil: 1. Process design and technological assessment
The Cost to Firms of Cooking the Books
Homogeneous, heterogeneous and enzymatic catalysis for transesterification of high free fatty acid oil (waste cooking oil) to biodiesel: A review
Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil: 2. Economic assessment and sensitivity analysis
Waste Cooking OilAn Economical Source for Biodiesel: A Review
From Linear Fuel Switching to Multiple Cooking Strategies: A Critique and Alternative to the Energy Ladder Model
Solid Fuel Use for Household Cooking: Country and Regional Estimates for 1980–2010
The effect of cooking methods on total phenolics and antioxidant activity of selected green vegetables
🆕 Influential since 2022
High moisture extrusion cooking of meat analogs: A review of mechanisms of protein texturization
Environmental life cycle assessment of biodiesel production from waste cooking oil: A systematic review
Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil: A comprehensive review on the application of heterogenous catalysts
Biodiesel production from waste cooking oil: A brief review
Production of biosurfactants from agro-industrial waste and waste cooking oil in a circular bioeconomy: An overview
📚 Books worth reading
Boston Cooking-School cook bookFannie Merritt Farmer, Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln," · 1896
The Virginia house-wifeMary Randolph, Karen Hess · 1824
On CookingSarah R. Labensky, Alan M. Hause · 1994
Joy of CookingIrma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker · 1931
Guide culinaireAuguste Escoffier, Christian Constant · 1903
The art of cookery, made plain and easyHannah Glasse · 1747
Odd ThomasDean Koontz · 2003
A Book of Mediterranean FoodElizabeth David · 1950
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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