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title: 'Cooking technology'
date: 2022-11-26T13:00:48+01:00
tags: ["Nutrition", "Lifestyle", "Academic"]
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description: "A comprehensive overview of *Cooking technology*, distilled from university lecture notes, with detailed explanations of **diagrams** in accompanying **YouTube videos**, covering foundational and advanced concepts."
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## 🔪 Introduction
Overview of the tools, techniques, and principles used in modern cooking to prepare and present food. It's the foundation of turning raw ingredients into culinary masterpieces.

## 👨‍🍳 Kitchens and catering
The design, equipment, and operations of professional kitchens and catering services. Think of it as the backstage where culinary magic happens.

## 🍽️ The culinary area
The space where food is prepared, cooked, and plated, including the layout and workflow. It's the chef's playground, optimized for efficiency and creativity.

## 🔥 Cooking methods
Various techniques used to cook food, such as boiling, frying, baking, and grilling. These are the different ways to transform ingredients into delicious dishes.

### 1. 💧 Water cooking
Techniques that use water or steam, like boiling, poaching, and steaming. It's about using water to gently cook and retain the nutrients in your food.

### 2. 🍟 Oils cooking
Methods involving oil or fat, such as frying, sautéing, and deep-frying. These techniques add flavour and texture through the *magic of hot oil.*

### 3. 🥧 Air cooking 
Techniques that use hot air, like baking, roasting, and air frying. It's about using air to evenly cook and crisp your food.

### 4. 🍿 Other cooking methods 
Additional techniques like microwaving, sous-vide, and smoking that don't fit into traditional categories. These are the innovative methods that bring new textures and flavours to the table.

## [📼 Video playlist](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLG3Uw74TA0Va9VGOsJEScBq_fC4isMUKt)
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## 📝 Diagrams 
- Explore the [free intro diagram](https://shop.tommasozanette.com/l/cooking-technology-intro-diagram) to get started.
- Discover the [full collection](https://shop.tommasozanette.com/l/cooking-technology-full-collection) for comprehensive content.