"Boiling water works by shocking the weeds, which damages the plant cells and ultimately kills them," says Carrie Spoonemore, co-creator of Park Seed's From Seed to Spoon app.

In fact, the boiling point can increase by a few degrees. The reason behind this, as Omolo explains, is that "The added salt 'fights' to hold onto the water molecules, so it takes more heating to ...

If you want a better way to cook your lobster, there are a myriad of methods that surpass boiling in a big pot of water by leaps and bounds. One option, albeit controversial, is to sous vide your ...