http://dylanleigh.net/enThu, 08 Jan 2026 15:46:12 GMTNikola (getnikola.com)http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttp://dylanleigh.net/posts/2020/02/cooking-cup-measurements-in-uk-us-au-nz/Dylan Leigh<div><p>Volumetric measurements (using the volume of a container) are inferior to Gravimetric measurements (i.e. weight) in most ways. Weighing is faster (for a given pareto-optimal degree of accuracy), can achieve greater accuracy, and most importantly there will be less dishes to clean up afterwards.</p> <p>Most irritatingly, "cups" and "spoons" mean different amounts in different countries. Even worse, sometimes three "thirds" of a cup are less than one cup...</p> <p>[Updated 2020-03-22: Added cup densities for wheat bran and oat bran]</p> <p><a href="http://dylanleigh.net/posts/2020/02/cooking-cup-measurements-in-uk-us-au-nz/">Read more…</a> (3 min remaining to read)</p></div>bakingcookingdessertfoodnotespastryrantsreferencesweetshttp://dylanleigh.net/posts/2020/02/cooking-cup-measurements-in-uk-us-au-nz/Fri, 07 Feb 2020 02:12:26 GMThttp://dylanleigh.net/posts/2019/11/pastry-and-cookie-doughs-reference-table/Dylan Leigh<div><p>This is a reference table for deciding what to make, or making batches of dough for later use. It was going to be part of a page on Doughs and Batters for the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.dylanleigh.net/foodhealth/">Cooking Reference Tables section of my old site</a>, but I never finished the rest of the dough/batter tables, so posting this one here on it's own.</p> <p><a href="http://dylanleigh.net/posts/2019/11/pastry-and-cookie-doughs-reference-table/">Read more…</a> (1 min remaining to read)</p></div>cookingfoodpastryreferencehttp://dylanleigh.net/posts/2019/11/pastry-and-cookie-doughs-reference-table/Wed, 20 Nov 2019 01:47:47 GMT