Editor's note: Cooking Issues, the French Culinary Institute blog that Dave Arnold runs with Nils Norén, is perhaps America's most influential blog devoted to the high-tech cooking techniques used in ...

Distillation shapes a spirit’s flavor, aroma, and texture by removing unwanted compounds while concentrating ethanol and desirable characteristics. Different methods — such as pot still, column still, ...

Distillation is one of the oldest methods of water treatment and is still in use today, though not commonly as a home treatment method. It can effectively remove many contaminants from drinking water, ...