if's 5:00 and your parents are arriving for dinner at 6:00 it's their first visit to your home. and you're cooking a delicious dinner. everything is perfect until you taste the soup.it's too salty no one will want to eat it every cook makes this same mistake at one time or another. is there anything you can do when you make a mistake like this? If you understand a little about the science of food and cooking. you will find the answers to some of your problems in the kitcken.