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Skip to contentCooking IssuesThe International Culinary Center's Tech 'N Stuff BlogAboutSKOAL!WANTED: Celebrity SkÃ¥lsThe Skoal ProjectPrimersHydrocolloids PrimerLiquid Nitrogen PrimerRotary Evaporation in the KitchenTransglutaminase, aka Meat GlueLow-Temperature and Sous-Vide PrimerPurdy Pictures: The ChartsPart I. Introduction to Low-Temperature Cooking and Sous-VidePart II. Low-Temperature Cooking Without a VacuumPressRadioThe Searzall: Now On KickstarterPosted on November 29, 2013July 30, 2014 by Paul Adamsby Paul Adams You’ve been waiting for months for the Searzall hand-held power broiler. Here it is! Contribute on Kickstarter today!Continue ReadingPosted in UncategorizedTagged searzall5 Comments on The Searzall: Now On KickstarterNew Technique: Pressure Pickle and the Cucumber MartiniPosted on August 3, 2013July 30, 2014 by Paul Adamsby Dave Arnold If you have a chamber vacuum sealer, you can use the vacuum to do a kind of rapid pickling, forcing a liquid (such as gin) into a solid (such as cucumber). If you don’t have a chamber vacuum sealer, that’s been a hard trick to pull off. I use an ISI whipper […]Continue ReadingPosted in cocktails, vacuum infusionRecipe Quest: Shear-Thickening Starch NoodlesPosted on April 29, 2013July 30, 2014 by Paul Adamsby Paul Adams Last week, the landlord of this blog spotted an intriguing video online of a man in China making noodles. Look at that. The guy’s got a big bowl of white non-Newtonian goo. When he smacks it or squeezes it, it’s as firm as clay, but when he leaves it alone, it’s fluid […]Continue ReadingPosted in UncategorizedTagged glass noodles, japchae, noodles17 Comments on Recipe Quest: Shear-Thickening Starch NoodlesPatent Pending: the SearzallPosted on March 17, 2013July 30, 2014 by Paul Adamsby Paul Adams [UPDATE: Now on Kickstarter!] Finishing a dish by convecting the hell out of it with a blowtorch is so primally satisfying — thousands of degrees, high-velocity open flame, instant gratification as the food transforms in seconds before your eyes. Raw power! But, apart from the thrill, a torch is kind of limited […]Continue ReadingPosted in UncategorizedTagged flame, inventions, propane, searing, torch91 Comments on Patent Pending: the SearzallDrinking With Dave: The Bangkok DaiquiriPosted on February 27, 2013July 30, 2014 by Paul Adamsby Paul Adams Welcome back to Cooking Issues. It’s been a while. The blog here got a little bit snowed under with male-enhancement spam while the staff’s attention was on other things, but I volunteered to come shovel it out–I spend my days at Popular Science–and now posting shall resume! What’s Dave been busy with? […]Continue ReadingPosted in liquid nitrogen10 Comments on Drinking With Dave: The Bangkok DaiquiriPosts navigation123…44NextWordPress Theme: Blog Guten by TwoPoints.