Food Transformation
The Science of Cooking
Why onions brown, meat tenderizes, yogurt curdles, bread rises, rice softens, ghee clarifies and spices release aroma.
Heat and water drive starch gelatinization, protein denaturation, Maillard chemistry, lipid changes and volatile-compound release.
Academic note
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