John Sorrell asked this question about Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking:
Is it me or is the diagram for osmosis wrong on page 29? In osmosis, water travels across a semipermeable membrane from a lower concentrated solute environment to a higher concentrated solute environment since the probability of crossing the membrane is greater in the former case with less molecules getting in the way. The diagram however appears to show the reverse.
Blah I think you're right, in fact I found your comment because I was searching to see if anyone else had noticed and commented on it. I think MacNaughton …moreI think you're right, in fact I found your comment because I was searching to see if anyone else had noticed and commented on it. I think MacNaughton flubbed that illustration and no one at Simon & Schuster caught it.

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