The Science of Pie 2014: Video Highlights June 1, 2014 At the Science of Pie, the world’s first scientific bakeoff, the students of the Science & Food undergraduate course presented results from their final projects in poster format and their pies for taste testing. These pies had to be cooked in one hour and were … Continue reading
The Science of Pie – June 1, 2014 Best Scientific Pie Christina Cheung, Tori Schmitt, and Elliot Cheung (Team Pretty Intense Pie Enthusiasts) Adding alcohol to a pie crust is a fairly mainstream way of obtaining a nice flaky shelter for a delicious filling within. Vodka is the go-to spirit for crusts, but other beverages … Continue reading
The Science of Pie – June 1, 2014 Best Overall Pie & People’s Choice Pie Alina Naqvi & Ashley Lipkins-Scott (Team Apple Queens) This duo of student scientists aimed to create a pie with the crunchiest apple filling by experimenting with four different types of apples: Granny Smith, Red Delicious, Pink Lady, and Fuji. To … Continue reading
The Science of Pie – June 1, 2014 Honorable Mention Pie Alexis Cary & Matthew Copperman (Team On the Road) If you’ve baked an apple pie, you have probably encountered the dreaded problem of a soggy pie crust. The student scientists of Team On the Road sought to solve this pie-baking mishap by determining the … Continue reading
On your mark… Get set… GO! As the doors swung open, guests eagerly awaiting the final Science & Food lecture series were transported to a place nothing short of a Pie-Palooza. Twenty student teams stood confidently next to their baked confection and explained to the judges how they employed the scientific method to creatively reimagine … Continue reading
Our third and final lecture, Harnessing Creativity (and the Science of Pie), is coming up fast! At the event, students from the Science & Food undergraduate course will be serving up science and apple pies. To get ready, here are 5 fun facts related to apples: About the author: Liz Roth-Johnson is a Ph.D. candidate … Continue reading
Continuing our Science of Pie adventure, we’ve invited Elsbeth Sites of Team Chia to share her pie science project, which examines the use of a very unconventional thickener to tune the viscosity of pie filling. Elsbeth is an undergraduate student of physiological sciences at UCLA who is passionate about food and writing, especially writing about … Continue reading
On foraging for local ingredients in your college dormitory… Our Judge’s Favorite winner of the 2013 Science of Pie event showed how beer and vodka affect pie crust color and texture. But they weren’t the only students who experimented with alcohol in their pies. Two other teams—Team Super Rum and the Beam Team—also used alcohol … Continue reading
Amy Rowat dissects the science of pie for the New York Times, while Harold McGee explains how vodka makes a light, crispy batter for frying fish. Apparently pie crust isn’t the only dough that benefits from a little alcohol! Continue reading
It’s summer. Berries and stone fruits abound, and so the season of pies continues. And we continue to think deeply about the science of pie. There has been intense interest in pies these past few months: first at the Science of Pie event; next at the World Science Festival’s Scientific Kitchen workshop at Pie Corps … Continue reading
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