techniki: Cooking

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Cooking, also known as cookery, is the art, science and craft of using heat to make food more palatable, digestible, nutritious, or safe. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely, from grilling food over an open fire, to using electric stoves, to baking in various types of ovens, to boiling and blanching in water, reflecting local conditions, techniques and traditions. Cooking is an aspect of all human societies and a cultural universal. Types of cooking also depend on the skill levels and training of the cooks. Cooking is done both by people in their own dwellings and by professional cooks and chefs in restaurants and other food establishments. The term "culinary arts" usually refers…

Evidence: 53 • authority: 92

Hazard Identification and Risk Prioritization Among Vendors and Visitors of a Traditional Wet Market in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia.. Traditional wet markets are critical components of Indonesia's urban food system, yet remain largely unexamined from an occupational health and safety (OHS) perspective. This study identified and prioritized OHS risks among vendors and visitors at Nanggalo Market, a high-density traditional market in Padang, West Sumatra. This was an exclusively qualitative, descriptive, non-probability (purposive) study; no actual occupational accidents, injuries, or exposure incidents were evaluated, and risk levels reflect participants' perceptions together with resear…

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The control of fire by early humans was a critical technology enabling the evolution of humans. Fire provided a source of warmth and lighting, protection from predators (especially at night), a way to create more advanced hunting tools, and a method for cooking food. These advances allowed human geographic dispersal, cultural innovations, and changes to diet and behavior. Evidence for using fire versus fire-making follows different timelines, as the earliest human fires were probably embers from lightning-ignited wildfires, carried back to a cave. Claims for the earliest evidence of using fire by a member of Homo range from as far back as 2.0 million years ago. Evidence of human use of fire…