Mixing Math and Cooking

Math's connection with cooking extends beyond the mathematical
constant that sounds like a dessert. For example, using
differential equations to model fluid flow and heat transfer,
research teams have found how spaghetti curls as it's cooked, how
to rotate a pan to make the perfect crepe (thin pancake), and the
temperature setting to get the perfect steak. Mathematics helps
understand cooking, and parallels it in that following a recipe can
lead to good results, but asking questions like "What if we tried
this?" can lead to a masterpiece. Eugenia Cheng talks about the
mathematics of cooking and baking.