Elisabeth 5/18/20 Senior Project CR #6 EQ: What is the science of cooking? Throughout the six weeks of senior project I found that my essential question ended up not having[…]

This week I made croissants. It was definitely one of the more stressful things I’ve made because I felt like there were many things that could go wrong very easily,[…]

Elisabeth Seiple Critical Reflection #5 5/11/20 Throughout the process of my senior project I’ve noticed that the most effective process for me and for successfully working on my project is[…]

I spent the majority of this week catching up on week 4 week like writing the posts for my blog and finishing up research. I also spent some time trying[…]

Elisabeth Seiple CR 4 5/5/20 The two outside sources I chose throughout the senior project process are somewhat similar in that they both explore fundamentally the same idea, that cooking[…]

This week I ran an experiment to see how I could make the scientifically fluffiest cake. I baked four cakes (technically five because I accidentally made two controls), each had[…]

Elisabeth CR 3 2/28/20 Writing on your essential question: What have you learned about your essential question so far? What further questions do you have? and/or Has your essential question[…]

This week I made macarons. They don’t really look like macarons at all, and I realized after making them it might have been useful to have had a macaron before[…]

Elisabeth Critical Reflection 2 4/21/20 This week I was trying out that trendy whipped coffee recipe seperate from my project, just for fun. After I made it I realized it[…]

Since Tuesday I’ve spent most of my time baking. I made pizza, pita, and baguettes. They turned out pretty well, except I rolled the baguettes too small so they’re kind[…]

This week I’ve focused on bread making. I researched how yeast works and various chemical reactions that go on within bread like the maillard reaction. I also started the second[…]

My essential question is pretty vague, and so from the outset my research I feel like I definitely that the answer would be entirely dependent on myself and the direction[…]

Since Tuesday I’ve been focusing on preparing the final product for the pickle recipe. This was hard as it was sort of a prototype for what I would be doing[…]

In the first two days of project work I got a lot more done than I expected to, so going forward I might end up revising my schedule to include[…]

Name: Elisabeth Project Name: The Science of Cooking Essential Question: What is the science behind cooking? Statement of Definition: For my senior project I will research various recipes to attempt[…]