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Reaching a boiling point
Boiling water can be a lifeline in a crisis, and it’s a cornerstone of cooking. Yet for many, the act of doing it is still a mystery. This week, some 8.5 million Texans are being asked to boil their drinking water.
By Evan Kleiman • • 1 min readBoiling water can be a lifeline in a crisis, and it’s a cornerstone of cooking. Yet for many, the act of doing it is still a mystery. This week, some 8.5 million Texans are being asked to boil their drinking water. In a repeat conversation, food writer Kenji López-Alt describes what a miraculous thing it is to put a pot of water on the stove and watch it transform from a placid surface to kinetic chaos.
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- 10:34Tomatomania! Get to planting tomato seedlings
- 20:48Turning out fine dining-worthy takeout with farmers market produce
- 28:25Say ‘Check, please!’ before receiving and eating dinner
- 39:24‘In the Weeds’: Pasjoli opts for takeout in lieu of tableside
- 48:44Reaching a boiling pointYou’re reading this
The full episode
6 of 6Pasta shapes, tomatoes, turnips, boiling water- 0:00Pasta Project: a quixotic effort to create a new pasta shape
- 10:34Tomatomania! Get to planting tomato seedlings
- 20:48Turning out fine dining-worthy takeout with farmers market produce
- 28:25Say ‘Check, please!’ before receiving and eating dinner
- 39:24‘In the Weeds’: Pasjoli opts for takeout in lieu of tableside
- 48:44Reaching a boiling pointYou’re reading this