Cooking methods

• Reasons why food is cooked

  • make it safe to eat
  • develop flavour
  • improve texture & appearance
  • increase shelf life
• Examples of cooking methods

  • convection
  • conduction
  • radiation
• Convection

  • transfer of heat through a fluid caused by molecular motion
• Conduction

  • transfer of heat or electric current from one substance to another by direct contact
  • pan on hob
• Radiation

  • energy is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays / waves / particles
  • grilled
  • barbecued