Metric
USA: (Beating chest.) We’re the USA — we can do anything! The World: Metric. USA: Oh, not that — that’s hard. As a US citizen, the above is embarrassing. We made a half-hearted attempt at metric in the 70s and then just gave up. I went to Australia in...
Consistency
There’s an old saying: “A person with one watch knows what time it is. A person with two watches is never sure.” The Internet has made this more true and more broad than ever. I can look at three different weather websites and get three different current temperatures for...
Using Weight, Not Volume
I see people confused when a recipe lists ingredients by weight (e.g. 120 g of all purpose flour) instead of volume (e.g. 1 cup of all purpose flour). Accuracy Weight is more accurate. 120 grams of flour will weigh 120 grams whether you pack it down or sift it....