A computer model explains how to make perfectly smooth crepes
It’s all in the way you roll your wrist while holding the pan
Perfect crepe-making is all in the wrist, according to physics.
Using a computer simulation, two fluid dynamics researchers have devised a step-by-step guide for preparing perfectly flat crepes. Their strategy, described in the June Physical Review Fluids, involves tilting and rotating the frying pan in circles. Besides making picture-perfect pancakes, this technique might be useful for chocolate manufacturing, as well as tasks outside the kitchen, such as applying coatings to smartphone displays, solar cells or circuit boards.