How to Prepare Chop Suey
Chop Suey is a mainstay of Chinese cooking and of takeaways but it is in fact a dish of Chinese Americans. No one really knows […]
Month: March 2023
How to Prepare Wonton Soup
One of the great chinese soup dishes – wonton soup. Made with prawns or pork but other meat too because this is a soup with […]
Carbon Nanomaterials in Biotechnology – A Triumvirate of Innovation
Introduction: In the realm of nanotechnology, carbon nanomaterials stand as titans of innovation, offering a myriad of possibilities across various scientific domains. Carbon nanotubes, graphene, […]
Why Maltose is a Great Ingredient!
Whilst I was working on a small sauce project, I started seriously considering how maltose could be part of the formulation and why I might […]
How to Prepare a Provençal Fish Soup
One of the great fish soups of France is that found in Provencal and around Marseille in particular. There is an immediate likeness to the […]
How to Prepare Crab Newburg
The 1939 Pulitzer prize winner Marjorie Kinnon-Rawlings not only write characteristic prose of the Florida in the early 20th Century, she also wrote a wonderful […]
Ubiquitin Is A Master Regulator in Biotechnology
Ubiquitin, a small protein found ubiquitously in eukaryotic cells, plays a pivotal role in numerous cellular processes, ranging from protein degradation to DNA repair and […]
The p53 Signaling Pathway
The p53 signaling pathway plays a crucial role in regulating apoptosis, or programmed cell death, which is essential for maintaining tissue homeostasis, eliminating damaged or […]
How to Make Puff Pastry
Puff pastry is one of life’s pleasures and it is tricky to make but worth the effort. Most people buy it ready prepared if you […]
How to Make a Pate Sablee
Pate Sablee – the pastry for very delicate and sweet tarts. It requires butter at room temperature and not cold or fridge temperature. Always prepared […]
How to Make Sweet Short Crust Pastry (Sweet Pastry)
Short-crust pastry or sweet pastry as its also called is used for a wide variety of tarts and pie bases. It is highly versatile. The […]
How to Prepare Crab and Watercress Tarts
Crab and water cress tarts are a treat for springtime. Combining delicate and light flavourful crab with the slightly sharp, peppery and pungent watercress. All […]
Zesty hot cross bread and butter pudding
Zesty hot cross bread and butter pudding is a delicious twist on the classic bread pudding recipe. This dessert is perfect for Easter or any […]
How to Prepare Tempura Squid
Tempura squid is a dish that speaks of holidays in the Far East and cruises. It’s also great to share. You can prepare the squid […]
Illipé Butter Stearin (IBS) as a Cocoa Butter Improver (CBI)
Illipé butter stearin (IBS) is a unique and valuable ingredient in the realm of cocoa butter improvers (CBI). With its distinct chemical composition and physical […]
Gluconeogenesis
Gluconeogenesis is the process by which the body is able to produce glucose from a host of non-carbohydrate sources. It occurs mostly in the kidney […]
The Urea Cycle
The urea cycle is the metabolic process by which humans remove ammonia from the body. Ammonia (NH3) is highly toxic and is the end product […]
What are Ribosomes?
Ribosomes are key to protein synthesis in the cell whether it be a prokaryote or eukaryote. Ribosomes were first observed in 1953 by the Romanian […]
What is Electrophoresis?
Electrophoresis is one of the key analytical tools available to the biochemist and food scientist for separating and identifying proteins and nucleic acids. We often […]