Well, if anyone needs help in this department, ask me since I come from a culinarily-inclined family, and I actually went to school to be a chef (until I realised that I really don't like following rules, which is why I prefer cooking to baking and dropped the schooling like a hot potato after a year and a half)
But my opinion is that cooking is an art and baking is a science. Here's a quote from a truly god-awful story I wrote once upon a time:
Hermione had never struck him as the type to try her hand at baking, but he discovered many new things when Sirius and the Trio came to stay at his house after Voldemort and his Death Eaters blew up Harry's flat. Hermione explained to him one night as they sat in front of the fire that baking is formulas and science. The bicarbonate of soda reacts with the heat, the gluten in the flour develops from contact with moisture, the sugar feeds the yeast, and so on. Baking always produces a delightful result if done properly, whereas cooking was an art and required more intuition than she possessed.
Kisses to you and good luck in the kitchen. ::salutes::
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Date: 2004-07-14 10:32 pm (UTC)But my opinion is that cooking is an art and baking is a science. Here's a quote from a truly god-awful story I wrote once upon a time:
Hermione had never struck him as the type to try her hand at baking, but he discovered many new things when Sirius and the Trio came to stay at his house after Voldemort and his Death Eaters blew up Harry's flat. Hermione explained to him one night as they sat in front of the fire that baking is formulas and science. The bicarbonate of soda reacts with the heat, the gluten in the flour develops from contact with moisture, the sugar feeds the yeast, and so on. Baking always produces a delightful result if done properly, whereas cooking was an art and required more intuition than she possessed.
Kisses to you and good luck in the kitchen. ::salutes::
Gabs