Homemade sushi with pH meter
| | |

Homemade Sushi: pH Meters and Their Importance for Safety

America truly is a melting pot of cultures and, as concerns us, their cuisines. Pizza is one of our most beloved foods—and an import from Italy. Then there is Mexican food, adaptations of which are omnipresent in our nation’s diet. Among the giants of “foreign” food to have naturalized on our shores, few besides those…

Oyster po'boy sandiwch

Oyster Po Boy Sandwich: Temps for a Superb Sandwich

We’re big sandwich fans, as you know (see: rye sandwich bread, spicy chicken sandwich, and our recently revamped roast beef). So we’re always keen to find ways to bring our thermal expertise to classic sandwiches. And today we’ve got a great one: the New Orleans oyster po-boy! A well-beloved sandwich with a storied history, the…

Halibut dinner

Pan-Seared Halibut: Critical Temps and a Delicious Sauce

Cooking fish is, frankly, a little scary for most cooks. Fish overcooks easily, and when it is overcooked, its quality degrades more steeply than, say, beef. This is a shame because a great piece of fish, like the pan-seared halibut we’ll be covering today, makes a fantastic meal. Here, we aim to dispel any fish-fears…

Lobster Thermidor

How to Cook Lobster Thermidor: Recipe and Temperature Tips

New Year’s Eve is a time for opulence. Few holidays, if any, excuse such lavish excess as does the turning of the calendar. If you want to celebrate in luxury, we would like to recommend that you try cooking up some lobster Thermidor. (But then of course we would, right? Lobster Thermidor would be the…