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The Food Lab: Science of Cookies

By Amanda On September 13, 2015 · Add Comment
Learn the science behind how cookies work and experiment for yourself! Learn how to manipulate a few simple ingredients to achieve wildly different (and fun) results! Taste test every batch and create your own custom cookie recipe that’s perfect for you! Menu: Multiple batches of chocolate chip cookies: classic, experimental, and your own custom creation. [...]
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The Food Lab: Science of Cookies

By Amanda On August 2, 2015 · Add Comment
Learn the science behind how cookies work and experiment for yourself! Learn how to manipulate a few simple ingredients to achieve wildly different (and fun) results! Taste test every batch and create your own custom cookie recipe that’s perfect for you! Menu: Multiple batches of chocolate chip cookies: classic, experimental, and your own custom creation. [...]
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The Food Lab: Science of Cookies

By Amanda On July 5, 2015 · Add Comment
Learn the science behind how cookies work and experiment for yourself! Learn how to manipulate a few simple ingredients to achieve wildly different (and fun) results! Taste test every batch and create your own custom cookie recipe that’s perfect for you! Menu: Multiple batches of chocolate chip cookies: classic, experimental, and your own custom creation. House [...]
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Testing Gluten-Free Flour in Cookies

By Amanda On July 1, 2015 · 6 Comments
Wheat flour is awesome, but predictable. I realize that’s part of its charm, but what happens when we swap it out for something else? Like starches, nut flours, and bean powders? I tested a variety of alternative flours, all of them gluten-free, against a control (all-purpose wheat flour) in chocolate chip cookies. I realize that [...]
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The Food Lab: Science of Cookies

By Amanda On June 17, 2015 · Add Comment
Learn the science behind how cookies work and experiment for yourself! Learn how to manipulate a few simple ingredients to achieve wildly different (and fun) results! Taste test every batch and create your own custom cookie recipe that’s perfect for you! Menu: Multiple batches of chocolate chip cookies: classic, experimental, and your own custom creation. [...]
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The Food Lab: Custom Cookie Science

By Amanda On July 13, 2014 · Add Comment
Learn the science behind how cookies work and experiment for yourself! Learn how to manipulate a few simple ingredients to achieve wildly different (and fun) results! You’ll leave with the power to create your own custom cookie recipe that’s perfect just for you. Plus, we’ll finish the class with a taste test of all the [...]
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The Food Lab: Custom Cookie Science

By Amanda On June 14, 2014 · Add Comment
Learn the science behind how cookies work and experiment for yourself! Learn how to manipulate a few simple ingredients to achieve wildly different (and fun) results! You’ll leave with the power to create your own custom cookie recipe that’s perfect just for you. Plus, we’ll finish the class with a taste test of all the [...]
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Big News! Classes are Here!

By Amanda On February 19, 2014 · Add Comment
Big news!! I’m now offering classes in DC! So if you live in the area, come claim a spot in one of my “The Food Lab” classes at CulinAerie (1131 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005). My first class is scheduled for Sunday, March 23, 2014 from 2-5pm and it’s on the science of COOKIES! So, if you like [...]
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The Difference between Baking Soda and Baking Powder

By Amanda On June 14, 2013 · 15 Comments
Have you ever worked with a recipe that called for baking powder, but all you have is baking soda? You sit there for a minute debating whether you really need to go all the way back out to the store to buy baking powder. How different are they, anyway? They look the same; they’re used in similar [...]
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