That's The Way The Cookie Crumbless By Dr. Joe Schwarcz

That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles: 62 All New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life is a 275-paged book written by Dr. Joe Schwarcz. The ECW Press in Toronto, Canada published it in 2002. This book is included in the popular science genre. In the book, there are sixty-two anecdotes that talk about the relevance of chemistry in our daily lives. The answers to many of our questions and mysteries are revealed as well, such as why beer is only sold in brown bottles or why at least a small amount of egg yolk is required in any type of ice cream recipe.

Dr. Joe Schwarcz’ main purpose for writing this book was to increase the public’s knowledge and appreciation for science and chemistry. He also seeks to present the relevance of science to our day-to-day lives. His primary goal is to entertain and educate the reader with stories about problems that we encounter in our everyday lives like stains, cooking, or dangerous items and substances.

In these commentaries, Schwarcz also answers questions that people and the media have and offer advice to people. For example, a listener asked “How long one should allow microwaved food to stand after cooking to ‘allow the microwaves to escape?” He responded by describing how the food on the inside is cooked through the heat transfer from the exterior, which allows the food to finish cooking. Additionally, it is essential to leave the food to stand for a few minutes. However, this does not allow the microwaves heat to leave, but for the interior to finish cooking as well as the exterior. If you don’t leave the food to settle there for a few minutes than it will leave the cooking process incomplete.

Dr. Joe Schwarcz additionally discusses about why all the beer bottles that are be...

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In conclusion, the book, That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles: 62 All New Commentaries on the Fascinating Chemistry of Everyday Life, is written to make chemistry more meaningful and popular using situations that most people go through in their lifetime. Reading this book will help you realize that there is more to chemistry than one will actually know. Dr. Joe Schwarcz gives thousands and thousands of information about the mysteries of mercury in your teeth, walking on burning coals, bug juice in ice cream, egg yolk in ice cream, beagles, soap, beer bottles, bananas and much more. He does this to present the significance of science and to clear up any misconceptions that anyone may have. But you will not learn every single thing in chemistry through this book and why it occurs that way because sometimes that is just the way the cookie crumbles!