LAB-RELATED RESOURCES
Stoichiometry of Precipitate/Ionic Compound
Database - Copper Phosphate absorbance data
Unknown Metal Carbonate Lab
Screencast Explaining Calculations
Error Analysis For Unknown Metal Carbonate Lab
Cupcake Stoichiometry
Cooking & Chemistry - Moto Restaurant (in Chicago, IL now closed) - from Unwrapped (Food Network)
The Chemistry of Cookies - from TedEd.org
Research Articles
General Information
Leavening: How Great Cooks Loaf - ChemMatters magazine article from April 1996 issue
How The Cookie Doesn't Crumble and Other Sweet Chemistry Secrets - ChemMatters Magazine article from December 2007
Leavening Ingredients - Articles
Kitchen Chemistry: The Chemistry of Baking Powder - from the Royal Society of Chemistry
Cocoa Powder/Chocolate Articles
The Elements of Chocolate - produced by the American Chemical Society
What's The Difference Between Dutch Processed and Regular Cocoa - from Serious Eats blog
When Great Chemistry Has You Seeing Red
Cookie-Baking Chemistry: How To Engineer Your Perfect Sweet Treat - from National Public Radio News (npr.org) food blog "The Salt"
The Brownie Chronicles - produced by the American Chemical Society
Cream of Tartar Articles
What is Cream of Tartar? - article by kitchn.com
What's Cream of Tartar, and Do I Have to Buy It? - article found on the Food Explainer Blog at Slate.com
Cream of Tartar - article by the University of Illinois Extension
Research Videos
How to Cookie with Science - by Reactions (produced by the American Chemical Society)
Chemistry of Pizza - by Reactions (produced by the American Chemical Society)
Cupcake Image Gallery
Link to Photo Album of Winter 2018 Cupcakes
Cupcake Images from Fall 2017 Term
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Cupcake Images from Spring 2017 term
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Cupcake Images from Fall 2014 Semester
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Lab Report Outline & Requirements
ENRICHMENT RESOURCES
Maillard Reactions produced by Compound Interest (click to enlarge)
The Chemistry of Baking Bread - produced by Compound Interest (click to enlarge)
Chemistry of Hot & Cold Food by SciShow
The Science Of Sweetness by SciShow