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Sigma Xi SAN DIEGO CHAPTER

SigmaXiSD Cookbook

Recipes from Sigma Xi San Diego members, each with the chemistry behind it. Cooking is applied science; this is where we show our work.

Use the buttons or the left and right arrow keys to turn the pages. Each recipe has a full page with the chemistry explained.

All recipes

  • Desserts and frozen

    Nutella Ice Cream for the Ninja Creami

    A dense, gelato-style chocolate-hazelnut ice cream built around four things that keep a frozen dessert creamy rather than icy: fat, dissolved sugars, milk solids, and a whisper of stabilizer.

    Contributed by Roger J. Greenwald

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Send us a recipe and a few sentences on the science behind it. Anything goes: a family dish, a lab-bench favourite, a fermentation project. We will format it, add it to the book, and credit you. Email Steve Rosen at stephen.d.rosen@gmail.com.

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