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The Accidental Scientist: Science of Cooking Exploratorium
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  “It is not often in life we have the privilege of handling a masterpiece of ingenuity. But we do it without thinking when we cook one of nature’s most brilliant creations—the unassuming but extraordinary egg.”
—Anne Gardiner and Sue Wilson, The Inquisitive Cook		  

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Try Making a Naked Egg!        


Did You Know?

 
   
  Kitchen Lab
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Recipes and activities to do with eggs.		   Egg Science
Heat ’em, beat ’em, or mix ’em up: There are scientific processes at work when you cook with eggs.		  
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Can you tell a hard-cooked egg from a raw egg—without cracking the shell? What's your secret?		   Visit an organic egg farm, and see the science behind raising those eggs.  

 

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