BACKGROUND Previous research has highlighted an ambiguity in understanding cooking related terminology and a number of barriers and facilitators to home meal preparation. However, meals prepared in the home still include convenience products (typically high in sugars, fats and sodium) which can have negative effects on health. Therefore, this study aimed to qualitatively explore: (1) how indivi...

BACKGROUND Poor cooking skills may be a barrier to healthy eating and a contributor to overweight and obesity. Little population-representative data on adult cooking skills has been published. We explored prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of cooking skills among adult respondents to wave 1 of the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (2008-9). METHODS Socio-demographic variables of ...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have not found a consistent association between exposure to domestic cooking using gas appliances and exacerbation of asthma. We investigated the immediate airflow response to acute exposure from single episodes of gas cooking, and peak airflow variability from continued exposure to repeated episodes of gas cooking in a group of non-smoking asthmatic women. METHODS...

This paper proposes cooking support using ubiquitous sensors. We developed a machine learning algorithm that recognizes cooking procedures by taking into account widely varying sensor information and user behavior. To provide appropriate instructions to users, we developed a Markov-model-based behavior prediction algorithm. Using these algorithms, we developed cooking support automatically disp...

Context Heating of meat leads to structural changes reflected in the juiciness and tenderness cooked meat. Aims This study aimed characterise effect prolonged ageing cooking on pork-quality traits. Methods Longissimus lumborum samples from 12 carcasses were aged 3 days (conventional ageing) or 15 (prolonged pork cuboids at 50–80°C for 30 min. Cooking loss, total water content (TWC), Warner–Brat...

The effects of conventional extrusion (CV) and extrusion-cooking (EC) were investigated on 100% yellow lentils (YL). Both the processes led to pasta with good cooking quality (cooking loss: 7.0–7.1 g/100 g, firmness: 530–608 N), even in overcooking 7.7–7.9 418–513 N). Contrary what is known for gluten-free cereals, CV effective producing from native YL no need a pre-gelatinization step. However...

The objective of this experiment was to compare the effects of belt grill and Open Hearth electric broiler cookery on palatability and cooking traits of longissimus steaks. The longissimus thoracis from carcasses of grain-fed steers or heifers was used. Duplicate measurements were made for Warner-Bratzler shear force at 3 and at 14 d after slaughter (n = 180) and trained sensory evaluation at 1...