The days are getting longer, bugs are flying all over the place, and shorts are rapidly becoming the standard outfit for the day. This means one thing: It’s almost summertime. And I don’t know about you, but I log in several hours around the grill over the summer. So this week, let’s take a...
Last we, we explored just a little bit about the science behind salads. We specifically looked at how to bring leaf lettuce back from the dead (almost). Don’t think for one minute that we are done looking at vegetables and salads. We’re NOT! This week, we have to add something to our salad. Something...
I’ve spent many years asking for a side of fries with my meal. Unfortunately, I’ve reached an age where (perhaps) that is not the best idea all of the time. Don’t get me wrong! I love the salty crunch of a deep-fried potato. However, the more I look at my eating habits over the...
This week we are going to dig even deeper from a previous post on pizza by studying a few concepts I have included within the Classic Science: Physical Science curriculum. Let’s see how our four main concepts of science relates to the concepts of heat and temperature… Okay… It is dinner time and you...
Whether it comes from a box (ewww…) or is made from scratch (oh yeah!) you have to enjoy the cheesy goodness of the ever-popular… Macaroni and Cheese! I’ve put down more bowls of this gooey comfort food than I can count. Despite the MASSIVE amounts of recipes out there (I received nearly 700,000 results...
Oh yes. Pizza. What more can be said? Most of us have tried many different kinds of pizza and have found at least one favorite for the dinner (or breakfast) table. So this week, let’s pull a little information from my Classic Science Chemistry book and dig into a little of the science behind...