Pressure cooking cheesecake sounds weird but it creates this impossibly silky, custardy texture you can’t get from baking – the steam keeps everything gentle and…

Using instant ramen for carbonara works because the noodles are already alkaline, which gives them that specific chew that’s perfect with the egg and cheese…

These Asian bakery buns have frozen butter logs rolled inside the dough that melt during baking and create these insanely soft, almost brioche-like centers. Dipping…

This popcorn has a fish sauce and sriracha caramel plus nori and bonito flakes – it hits every possible flavor receptor at once. The hour-long…

White miso in cookies sounds bizarre but it adds this salty-sweet complexity that makes them impossible to stop eating. Rolling them in toasted sesame seeds…

Takeout fried rice has that specific flavor from dark soy sauce for color and MSG for umami – plus they velvet the chicken with baking…