| Culinary arts is the art of cooking. Cooking | | | | dry heat in the oven causes the starch to |
| is a way to prepare food that will be eaten | | | | gelatinize and results to the browning or |
| or served to other people. | | | | charring of the outside of the food. Some |
| | | | uneducated in the culinary arts might think |
| The culinary arts is comprised of many | | | | that the charred part or the brown part is |
| categories - some of which are tools, | | | | not as tasty as it sounds, but this part is |
| methods, combination of spices and | | | | actually what gives taste and flavour to the |
| ingredients that adds flavour to the food. It | | | | baked good, partly sealing the moisture of |
| normally needs the right measurements, proper | | | | the food. The browning apparent in the baked |
| selection and accurate combination of | | | | good is caused by the sugar caramelizing and |
| ingredients involved to reach desired result. | | | | the chemical reaction that happens between |
| | | | the reduction of sugar and the amino acid |
| The diversity of the Culinary arts around the | | | | (Maillard reaction). Moisture in the baked |
| world mirrors many considerations such as: | | | | goody, on the other hand, is not really |
| | | | completely kept in, in time as the goody is |
| - Economic | | | | being baked it will become drier and drier. |
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| - Aesthetic | | | | 3. Boiling |
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| - Nutritional | | | | Another category is boiling. Boiling is when |
| | | | there is a rapid vaporization of any liquid |
| - Religious | | | | when the liquid is heated. In cooking, |
| | | | boiling is divided into many other |
| - Cultural | | | | categories. Blanching, a cooking term used to |
| | | | describe the submersion of food into boiling |
| 1. The Dawn Of Fire | | | | water and removing it after a certain period |
| | | | of time and then throwing it into cold water |
| The culinary arts, if not always, is | | | | or letting water run over it causing the |
| associated with fire. The heat generated by | | | | firming of food. Pressure cooking is when |
| fire is oftentimes required to be applied to | | | | food is cooked inside an enclosed cooking |
| be able to change the food's texture, | | | | tool that would limit the air that's coming |
| flavour, nutritional contents and even its | | | | in or going out of that tool - this technique |
| appearance. Heating is important in the | | | | speeds up the pace of cooking. Stewing would |
| culinary arts because it disinfects the food | | | | probably be the most popular cooking |
| and makes it softer. The food danger zone is | | | | technique in the culinary arts division. It |
| between 4 to 60 degrees Celsius. Within these | | | | is a method where meats are cut up into |
| temperatures, the bacteria found in the found | | | | smaller pieces and along with some vegetables |
| or even those that were transferred to the | | | | are simmered into a liquid. Simmering, then |
| food can grow at a very alarming rate. Under | | | | again is a cooking method where the liquid is |
| ideal conditions bacteria can double their | | | | barely kept away from its boiling point. |
| population every twenty minutes. Although at | | | | Other boiling techniques are braising, |
| a glance, these foods may not appear harmful, | | | | codding, steaming, infusion, poaching, double |
| when ingested they can be. Many people have | | | | steaming, steeping and vacuum flask cooking. |
| the misconception that bacteria will die when | | | | |
| we freeze our food or refrigerate them, but | | | | 4. Other |
| this actually does not rid the food of | | | | |
| bacteria, merely it slows down their | | | | To most Americans, microwaving and grilling |
| expansion. | | | | are the most common forms of cooking. |
| | | | Microwaving is the easiest and simplest form |
| 2. Baking | | | | of cooking; it is a technique used mostly to |
| | | | reheat sumptuous meals ready to be consumed. |
| Baking is probably the most famous department | | | | And for grilling, most Americans have a grill |
| in the culinary arts. In the culinary arts, | | | | station in their backyard. Grilling is a |
| baking is the art of cooking food using an | | | | roasting method that is cooking directly |
| oven. The food is cooked through applying dry | | | | under a source of heat. Other roasting |
| heat evenly through the oven and onto the | | | | methods are Barbecuing, Searing and |
| food. It is used in producing pastry based | | | | Rotisserie. A less common method is smoking |
| goodies such as pies, tarts and cakes. The | | | | meat, or even salting it. |