chemistry of cooking written report

Written Report:Formatting The report can be formatted any way you choose. However, it must be at least 2000 words
(not including references) in length and contain appropriate photos, graphs, illustrations, and other
images.
Contents Your report needs to describe the dish that you made. This description should certainly include a
recipe with instructions so that someone else would be able to reproduce your dish. You also need to
adequately describe the chemical/cooking techniques that were required to prepare your dish. I will be
checking to make sure that your report accurately reflects all of the techniques/processes that were used.
I will also be checking to make sure that you adequately describe all of these processes. Remember all
of the topics we covered this semester (hydrophobic/hydrophilic, texture, acid/base, reaction
energetics, changing/developing recipes, and flavor). The adequate description will require
references (to scientific literature or kitchen science cookbooks or kitchen science websites) and will also
be bolstered by the use of diagrams that help to explain these processes. I expect you to go looking for
information that will bring scientific and technical depth to the description of your dish. My lectures from
the semester can serve as a template for the types of illustrations/diagrams that can be useful. However, I
will not accept my lectures of the laboratory notes as references. Creativity is a good thing. Most of all, I
would like to remind you that this is a chemistry course. I would like you to keep in mind the types of
chemical concepts we have discussed all semester long and I expect that you will incorporate these
concepts heavily into your description of the cooking process.
Ingredients：
AP flour: 60g
table sugar: 15g
butter: 30g
egg: one
baking powder: 1/2 tsp
apple: half
cinnamon
vanillin extract: 1/4 tsp
cocoa powder
honey: 1 tsp
chocolate chips
marshmallow: one
rainbow sprinkles
Baking time: 25 mins
Brief production process:
First mix AP flour, 15 grams of butter, one egg, 1/2 tsp baking powder, and 1/4 tsp vanillin extract as the
cake base, then cut half an apple into small pieces, mix with honey and put in the heat. Stir fry for 5
minutes. Use the remaining 15 grams of butter on the edge of a small bowl and add the previously mixed
dough. Then, spread the honey mixed apple pieces on the dough and sprinkle with the cocoa powder and
cinnamon powder prepared in advance. Next, place the small bowl in the oven for 25 minutes. Finally,
take out the small bowl and put the prepared marshmallow on the baked cake, a little rainbow sprinkles,
and a few chocolate chips.
Criteria
Excellent
(100 %)
Timeliness
Report is
turned in on
time
(10 points)
Grammar &
Organization
Good
(90%)
Fine
(80 %)
Passable
(70 %)
Poor
(60%)
Unacceptable
(0%)
Report is not
turned in on
time
The writing
has no
grammar or
formatting
errors. The
information
is organized
in a logical
manner
Only minor
errors in
grammar
and
organization.
Major
grammatical
errors and
organization
The report is
poorly
organized.
Thesis (30
points)
The report
refers to the
proper
chemical
processes
important to
the dish
The report
misses one
of the
chemical
processes
important to
the dish
The report
misses two
of the
chemical
processes
important to
the dish
The report
misses three
of the
chemical
processes
important to
the dish
The report
misses four
of the
chemical
processes
important to
the dish
The report
does not
properly
identify any of
the chemical
processes
important to
the dish
Correctness
The report
accurately
describes
the chemical
processes
that occur
during the
preparation
of the dish
The report
accurately
describes all
but one of
the chemical
processes
important to
the dish
The report
accurately
describes all
but two of
the chemical
processes
important to
the dish
The report
accurately
describes all
but three of
the chemical
processes
important to
the dish
The report
accurately
describes all
but four of
the chemical
processes
important to
the dish
The report
does not
include any in
depth chemical
description
The report
uses some
resources
(tables,
graphs,
data,
photos, etc)
to assist in
their
description
The report
uses
incorrect
resources
(tables,
graphs,
data,
photos, etc)
to assist in
their
description
(10 points)
(30 points)
Support
(15 points)
The report
uses
adequate
resources
(tables,
graphs,
data,
photos, etc)
to assist in
their
description
The report
uses no
resources
(tables,
graphs, data,
photos, etc) to
assist in their
description
Score
Citations
(30 points)
The report
uses
appropriate
citations for
chemical
descriptions
Creativity
(30 points)
The plate
shows
ambition and
attention to
the
chemistry
we have
learned over
this
semester
The report
uses
appropriate
citations for
all but one
description
The report
uses
appropriate
citations for
all but two
descriptions
155 points
possible
Dish description:
Notes on hydrophobic/hydrophilic:
Notes on texture development:
Notes on reaction energetics:
Notes on acid/base chemistry:
Notes on recipe development:
Notes on flavor chemistry:
The report
uses
appropriate
citations for
all but thre
descriptions
The report
uses
appropriate
citations for
all but four
descriptions
The plate
doesn’t take
advantage
of the
chemical
concepts/
knowledge
from the
semester
Total:
The report
does not use
citations