food science

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• Fermentation: How Microbes Preserve and Transform Food
  Fermentation explained: how yeasts, bacteria, and molds convert sugars into acids, alcohol, and aroma — the oldest biotechnology and the basis of bread, beer, cheese, and more.
• Potato Varieties: Which Potato for Which Dish
  Russet, Yukon Gold, red, fingerling, and the rest — how starch content determines behavior, and the variety-to-method pairings that never fail.
• How to Cook Potatoes: The Science of Every Method
  Why potatoes behave the way they do — starch chemistry, variety selection, and what each cooking method (roast, mash, boil, fry) actually does to them.