Explore the spherification technique, a fascinating way to create gel-encased balls from liquids using sodium alginate. Liz (left) and Kendra (right) explain the nuts and bolts of spherification.

Could a modernist food technique create a new, less wasteful way to package water? Appliance Science looks at the curious chemistry of spherification. Richard Baguley Richard Baguley has been writing ...

On a recent Monday morning a group of Los Angeles chefs and bartenders metaphorically traded their chef coats for lab coats at a food science class given by Fany Setiyo of Le Sanctuaire. Neal Fraser ...