02The Notebook · Experiments
Test. Observe.
Understand. Test again.
This is the development journal, kept honestly. Not a gallery of results that worked, but the record of what was tried, what happened, what went wrong, what it taught and what changed because of it. Failed trials belong here as much as successful ones.
How an experiment is kept
Every trial,
whatever the outcome.
Each entry records the same nine things, so a failure is as useful to read as a success.
Subjects
Fermentation · Preservation · Curing · Bread · Dough · Pasta · Sous-vide · Sauces · Stocks · Oils · Gels · Powders · Textures · Dehydration · Smoking · Ageing · Ingredient trials
- 01
The idea
Why this was tested.
- 02
The method
What was actually done.
- 03
What happened
Observations and results.
- 04
The problem
What went wrong, if anything.
- 05
What I thought
Paul's assessment at the time.
- 06
What I learned
What the experiment revealed.
- 07
The correction
What should change.
- 08
The next trial
What happens next.
- 09
Chef's note
A short personal observation.
The journal
The first entries are being written up from Paul's kitchen notes. They will appear here as they are ready, results and failures alike.