The wonders of the freezer as a tool for preserving food are obvious, but the freezer can do a lot more than just store food.

Cryogenic grinding entails the cooling of food materials to sub‐zero temperatures, typically by the application of liquid nitrogen or dry ice, to induce a glassy or brittle state. This transition ...

Sang Yoon is the chef and owner of both Father's Office and Lukshon . He learned about cryo-blanching from Alex Talbot of Ideas in Food. Liquid nitrogen is -325° and essentially chefs can "cold-boil" ...

Anjana Shanker is a research and development chef at Nathan Myhrvold's Modernist Cuisine lab in Bellevue, Washington. She shows us how to shuck oysters with liquid nitrogen - watch a video of the ...

Air Products (NYSE: APD) will highlight its flash freezing solutions for specialty foods at the Summer Fancy Food Show 2026 at the Javits Center in New York City from June 28-30.