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Agar agar is a valuable setting agent in desserts, jams, sauces, soups, and even vegetarian-friendly gummy candies and marshmallows. Its versatility makes it indispensable for both professional chefs ...

Until recently, I was an agar-agar novice. I didn't grow up eating gelatin desserts like many of my friends, and I never really liked things with a jiggly consistency on those few rare occasions I ...

As temperatures begin to rise, the craving to bite on something cool, soft, and refreshing becomes an everyday thought. The summer season is the time when jellies, puddings , chilled custards, and ...

This is where the two really diverge, and where many home cooks go wrong when they try to substitute one for the other. Gelatine in low ratios makes a soft gel, and in higher ratios makes a stretchy, ...

Some of you will remember, as I do, parties and potlucks from decades past: the shimmering mounds of emerald Jell-O studded with canned fruit cocktail, the elegant curves of tomato aspic trimmed with ...

Most people are familiar with agar agar from science class rather than cooking class; in science it's the thick gelatinous substance usually found lining a petri dish (a shallow glass cylindrical ...