The “maker movement” doesn’t end with arduino—that same DIY philosophy can also be applied in the kitchen. Jeff Potter, author of Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Cooks, and Good Food – Second Edition, talks about how to make sour cream, chocolate bars, rolled oats—and even liquid smoke—from scratch. And, if you happen to have a mass spectrometer handy, there’s a bonus: how to tell the origin of your tomatoes.
