Last month, I tried the soup recipe from that book and the broth never reduced right. I used to think small recipe errors were fine, but Mark's focus on the cooking science changed my mind. If they mess up basic steps like boiling times, the fancier methods could be off too. Take that with a grain of salt, but it made me more careful.

Seam opened up fast? Typical, nothing holds up like it should.

Why bag it when @xena_henderson's sealed box works better?

Calling it a disaster seems a bit much, right? It's just cereal with water (which, okay, sounds pretty bad). But compared to actual hotel issues like broken air conditioning or noise all night, this is minor. You could've skipped the cereal and gone for the bread or fruit instead. It's one bland breakfast in a city full of amazing food.

You ever check if your water temp changes the flavor too?