May
2020
Banana Nut Bread (Diabetic Friendly)
Finding Diabetic friendly versions of baked goods is complicated because all-purpose flour doesn’t convert to whole wheat flour in a one-to-one ratio, and non-sugar substitutes have different chemistry than normal sugar. Recipes involving those types of ingredients need to be iterated and improved until they turn out right. This Banana Nut Bread recipe wonderfully demonstrates how successful that process can be! You might be tempted to use any bananas for[...]
Jan
2020
A Feat of Physics Only a Woman Can Win
Time to Read: 4 minutes.
The Chair Challenge is a simple experiment you can perform almost anywhere to demonstrate the less obvious physical differences between men and women.
Jan
2019
Francesca’s Al Forno – CLOSED
Time to Read
2 minutes
Rating as a...
Restaurant - 63%
Study Venue - 17%
Science Tidbit
Where sound can travel
Jan
2019
Augie’s Front Burner
Time to Read
3 minutes
Rating as a...
Restaurant - 47%
Study Venue - 7%
Science Tidbit
Carbon Dating
Jan
2019
Better Graham Cracker Crust
Graham cracker crusts are easy to use, sweet, and fun to prepare. This is my preferred graham cracker crust recipe because the dough is more manageable than this Graham Cracker Crust recipe. You actually make the graham crackers in dough form! Refrigeration is an important, but not completely necessary, step for this recipe. Chilling the dough allows it to be more manageable when forming it in the pie pan. However,[...]
Jan
2019
Graham Cracker Crust
Crusts based on crumbled graham crackers or cookies are fantastic and simple. However, they can be a pain to work with. The following recipe makes a fairly standard graham cracker crust, but like most of them the end result is not very sturdy. The flavor is great, the structure is… eh. For a better all-around crust see the Better Graham Cracker Crust recipe. Butter binds this recipe together. I hypothesize[...]
Jan
2019
Snickerdoodles
Who doesn’t like cinnamon-sugar shortbread? Any Hungry Physicists making these should be warned – people will ask you to make them constantly. This recipe is great for working with Little Lab Partners, too! (even those lab partners who can’t seem to follow instructions and lose track of the number of drops of potassium permanganate they titrated into your solution, ruining the lab you spent hours preparing…. Deep breaths… those days[...]
Jan
2019
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Although exploring the nuances of chocolate chip cookies is reason enough to bake, this opportunity should be used to experiment with a cooking stone. Everyone knows how chocolate chip cookies should turn out, see how using a stone improves them! These cookies are difficult to handle right out of the oven, but harden as they cool. If chewier cookies are preferred, add one or two additional egg yolks to the[...]
Jan
2019
Rum Balls
Naturally Hungry Physicists love chocolate, sugar, and liquor. Why not combine everything you love into one epic confection?! I successfully modified this recipe for several different liquors, and you can too! Be creative! Powdered sugar, also referred to as Confectioner’s Sugar, is just sugar with a smaller grain size and some cornstarch. It absorbs differently into a recipe, and in this case helps act as the binder for the mixture. [...]
Jan
2019
Amaretto Bread Pudding
This recipe is being improved, please check back in late July for an updated version! As you practice baking and cooking, you’ll start to notice how changing the steps or cooking method affects the outcome of your dish. Bread pudding is made predominantly of bread, eggs, milk, sugar, and vanilla. Does that ingredient list sound like… French Toast? All that really differs is the cooking method. This recipe works with[...]