Quite a bit actually. Foams for instance are very easy and fun to play around with. Hydrocolloids aren't very expensive, let you do cool stuff, and often take v

Quite a bit actually. Foams for instance are very easy and fun to play around with. Hydrocolloids aren't very expensive, let you do cool stuff, and often take very little time/effort to use. Toss an eight of a teaspoon of xanthan in your next salad dressing and watch it get creamy as all hell and not separate. Beyond that, there's a lot of info in there about classical cooking too that is quite informative. You'll improve the performance of your charcoal grill by lining it with foil, for instance. It's neat seeing how proper wok cooking works, even though you can't try it at home because you'll never get a hot enough burner.