Month October 2009

TGIF: Periodic tables of food

Does food fit into this table? Here at Khymos I aim to cover things related to food and chemistry, and as I stumbled over a periodic table of cupcakes (with clickable “elements” linked to recipes) I couldn’t resist to dig…

Superfast scrambled eggs

Miss Silvia is full of surprises! She’s been around the house for a year, but only now did she reveal one of her hidden capabilities. Did you know that you can make scrambled eggs with the steam wand of your…

Sourdough work in progress (part II)

A sourd dough bread made from a spontaneous starter After 7 days of feeding my sour dough starter “took off” and was ready for baking. Even with a water bath set to 28 °C it took longer than expected. I…

A short note to my Scandinavian readers

This post is mainly of interest to readers who understand Norwegian. I post this because I recently updated Khymos with a couple of pages of special interest for people in Scandinavia. I’ve also recently held several presentations to Norwegian audiences,…