If cakes are the reliable, put-together friend in the world of desserts, caramel is the angsty adolescent.

Today, we walk you through the basics of bean cooking.  

Merrill Shares her favorite way to make a sunny-side up egg. 

How to make the most of an unsung ingredient. 

The Modernist Cuisine team shares their 7 Essential Food Safety Tips (and debunks a few myths along the way).

This is the first in a 3-part series on food science from the Modernist Cuisine team. On October 8th, we'll be selling Modernist Cuisine at Home at an exclusive discount in the FOOD52 Shop, and giving away a copy too!

Today: Learn heat transfer's tricky ways (and stop burning so much toast).

Rice, it seems, is a religion.