Threads
The same arguments recur across the canon. A thread is a single idea — emulsification, off-the-heat, the substitution debate — pulled out of every dish where it appears, with all the voices that have spoken to it gathered in one place.
- Thread No. 001
Off the heat
When residual heat does the work the burner cannot.
7 voices4 dishes - Thread No. 002
Emulsification
Fat, water, and starch coerced into a single sauce.
4 voices2 dishes - Thread No. 003
Salt timing
Early, late, or layered — and always with the protein in mind.
4 voices3 dishes - Thread No. 004
The substitution debate
Purism versus what is in the actual fridge.
6 voices4 dishes - Thread No. 005
Carryover
The dish keeps cooking after you stop cooking it.
2 voices2 dishes - Thread No. 006
Resting
Time is an ingredient.
2 voices1 dish - Thread No. 007
The starch water trick
The cloudy water is the secret ingredient.
2 voices2 dishes - Thread No. 008
Low and slow
Gentle heat as a moral position.
5 voices3 dishes - Thread No. 009
Rendering as a medium
Cook the fat first; cook in the fat after.
3 voices3 dishes