Posted by Mindy Lvoff Let’s say, like most of us here, you want to vacuum-infuse at home but don’t have a full vacuum. Dave and team have come up with two solutions for you: 1) Syringe-vacuum Get yourself a 50cc syringe with a cap vs. needle. Place what you want to infuse into the chamber […]
Posted by Mindy Lvoff Remember that “wish list” we talked about in our centrifuge post? One of our “dreams come true” was getting our liquid nitrogen dewar. People questioned whether or not we’d be able to find enough uses to justify a 160-liter dewar… Well, we have. In fact, we order refills from TW Smith […]
Posted by Mindy Lvoff Since we’re in the midst of our Sous-Vide Intensive class, I just wanted to post a reminder about the next Advanced Studies class that Nils and Dave are teaching. “Magic Potions: Hydrocolloids” covers the ins & outs of using hydrocolloids in the kitchen. The 2-day class starts June 25th and can […]
Posted by Dave Arnold This is the first of a series of posts on centrifugation that will eventually be a primer. What is a centrifuge and why would we want one? A centrifuge is a device that spins at high speed to separate products into parts based on density. The faster you spin it, the […]
Posted by Mindy Nguyen Sometimes we get lucky, or maybe it’s more than that. Maybe if you’re good to your students, your students will be good to you. Well, a former Sous Vide Intensive student, Alan Slesinski, seems to be of that last mindset and he just happened to have an old centrifuge that he […]
