Cooking

While Americans have been grappling with the high prices of eggs, Italian researchers have been looking at how best to cook them. They've derived the perfect method, although it might be too time consuming for the average home chef.

It's nearly 15 years since the first modern air fryer hit the market, but food companies and consumers are still catching up when it comes to food safety and these game-changing kitchen gadgets. Experts share what needs to be done to safeguard health.

It may seem dangerous, but just in case future astronauts might have a yen for fries on a sojourn into space, ESA and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki are investigating whether potatoes will fry ok in zero gravity or end up an undercooked mess.

Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence of cooking food through controlled use of fire, dating back 780,000 years. An archeological site in Israel contains fish remains that, on closer examination, show clear signs of having been cooked.

New research has revealed our gut microbiome dynamically responds in different ways to the same foods, depending on whether they are consumed cooked or raw.

After finding that broccoli's cancer-fighting properties don't survive the process the vegetable is subjected to before reaching the freezers at supermarkets, researchers at the University of Illinois have found a simple way to preserve its health benefits.

The Match Cooking Prep System for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) aims to provide practical tools that assist in enabling someone with ASD to learn how to cook.

Soylent is a food engineered to efficiently deliver 100 percent of the healthy body's needs with minimal waste, junk food-beating convenience and a very low cost.

The radiant fryer is a prototype device that simulates the deep-frying process, but doesn't add any fat to the food.

The Eco Fire Pot Stove is designed to allow women in developing nations to cook using relatively clean-burning fuel, instead of toxic smoke-producing wood or kerosene.

Queensland University of Technology student Ching-Hao Hsu has designed a device to help rheumatoid arthritis sufferers get a better grip on hot cookware

Philips has unveiled its Airfryer, which fries foods without oil and produces dishes with 80 percent less fat.