Healthy family meals

What happens to the extra food in cooking competition shows?

Caliciviruses—a family of viruses, norovirus being the best known—are also getting more attention these days, and deservedly so; these are typically spread by a sick individual preparing food for others. If you’ve spent a night “praying to the porcelain god”—diarrhea, vomiting, chills, headache—you can probably thank salmonella or norovirus for the experience. Too acidic or basic, and the proteins in the bacteria denature. You can create a “heat shield” out of aluminum foil if part of a dish begins to burn while broiling. Radiant methods of heat transfer impart energy in the form of electromagnetic energy, typically microwaves or infrared radiation. The warmth you feel when sunlight hits your skin is radiant heat.

A pre/post cooking skills assessment questionnaire was used to monitor participants’ progress and allow for a baseline comparison. This design also provided preliminary evidence for the future …