Science and Cooking: Making Physics Fun (and Tasty!)

This talk will describe the experiences of a physics course for non-scientists that makes physics fun. It uses the science of food and cooking to motivate students to learn physics. A feature of the class is a weekly guest lecture by a famous chef about cooking. In addition the course includes a lab, where you can eat your experiment. The lab consists of the recipe of the week, where students, cook, do physics experiments and plate and eat their eat their creations. It also includes an equation of the week to teach students how to calculate results without being afraid of equations. The class has several traditions: You have to clap when you see an equation, and you have to clap when you see a cool dessert. Remember!
In 2020, the class was taught completely virtually, complete with the lab. The talk will also describe the adaptation of a hand on course to a virtual presentation.