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What is the name of the reaction between amino acids and reducing sugars that helps brown a loaf's crust during baking?

Answer: Maillard reaction

Bonus fact: The Maillard reaction produces many of the browned flavors and aromas found in baked and roasted foods.

In candy making, what term describes the unwanted formation of large sugar crystals in a syrup?

Answer: Crystallization

Bonus fact: Candy makers carefully control temperature and agitation to manage sugar crystallization.

What cooking process gives caramel its characteristic brown color and rich flavor?

Answer: Caramelization

Bonus fact: Caramelization is the browning of sugar through heat-driven chemical reactions.

Caramelization differs from the Maillard reaction because caramelization can occur without what?

Answer: Amino acids

Bonus fact: The Maillard reaction involves amino acids and reducing sugars, while caramelization is the thermal breakdown of sugars.

Which mold gives blue cheeses such as Roquefort their characteristic blue-green veins?

Answer: Penicillium

Bonus fact: Selected Penicillium molds create the distinctive flavor and veining of blue cheeses.

What milk protein forms the curd structure in most cheesemaking?

Answer: Casein

Bonus fact: Casein proteins coagulate to form curds during cheesemaking.

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