CULINARY KNIFE CUTS
julienne, brunoise, bâtonnet and the family of dice — the Culinary Institute of America dimensions, drawn to true scale
SAFE MEAT TEMPERATURES
USDA minimums inside the cut: three numbers for all meat, the rest time, and an oven plan
NEAPOLITAN PIZZA DOUGH
four ingredients in the proportions written into an EU regulation
POUND CAKE
four equal weights — a recipe whose name is its ratio
PROTEIN IN FOODS
grams per 100 g · animal and plant · and the state each one was weighed in
THE SCOVILLE SCALE
chilli heat from the bell pepper to Pepper X: four peppers drawn to true scale, and the ladder of varieties
SOURDOUGH BREAD
the timeline, hydration and grams — per King Arthur Baking’s Naturally Leavened Sourdough Bread
TABLE SERVICE
which side each thing arrives from, in what order the table is served, and what the hand may touch
ENGLISH ALPHABET
26 letters · 5 vowels · 21 consonants
THE BRAILLE ALPHABET
63 characters of the cell in seven lines — 26 letters, the digits, the punctuation and 8 prefixes
ENGLISH PUNCTUATION
twelve marks and the three strokes: a name, a job and one working example for each
GREEK ALPHABET
24 letters · names and where science uses them