Claire is Lifehacker's Senior Food Editor. She has a B.S. in chemistry, a decade of food journalism experience, and a deep love for mayonnaise and MSG. May 10, 2023 Add as a preferred source on Google ...

Learn how sound can create heat, and how scientists are experimenting on powerful sound waves. Yes, sound can definitely produce heat. But you can’t cook food from yelling at it (sorry Gordon Ramsey).

There are plenty of practical reasons for learning how to cook: saving money, controlling what you eat, knowing precisely what’s in your food. I’m in it for the impractical. I love making a ...