Boiling Water

How hard can it be to boil water? It's easy! Ah, but do you truly understand what's happening in those roiling bubbles, and do you grasp the implications for your cooking? The deceptively simple nature of heating H2O means most people boil too much, too long, and with all kinds of unnecessary extra steps -- even when just whipping up a simple pot of pasta. The same principles that govern a proper boil caused the formation of our very universe! Let us ... boil it down for you.