molecular gastronomy

Molecular gastronomy is a discipline within food science that focuses on the chemical and physical changes that occur in cooking. Prior to the development of molecular gastronomy, food science has been dominated by food industry application, whereas molecular gastronomy focuses on science in the kitchen.

Author Harold McGee writes about kitchen science and addresses the history of molecular gastronomy in his blog Curious Cook. Molecular gastronomy was first documented at a workshop in Erice, Sicily, in 1992, which focused on how kitchen preparations might be improved through better understanding of physics and chemistry. McGee writes, "Elizabeth Cawdry Thomas, a cook and teacher, should be remembered for initiating the feasts of conversation between scientists and cooks that took place at Erice, and for choosing Nicholas Kurti to lead them in his enthusiastic and entirely undogmatic fashion."

Since the 1992 program, molecular gastronomy has been transformed somewhat by a few high-profile chefs to emphasize innovation and cooking at the molecular level. Molecular gastronomy is quite international. The Kymos blogsite focusing on the subject originates from Oslo, Norway. If you are fluent in French, read Herve This's blog Gastronomie Moleculaire. The International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science is slated for publication in 2009.

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• Low-temperature cooking might save restaurants money

  
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• Favorite Posts From Last Week (November 2-8, 2009)

  
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• White House chefs say job about service, not being a star …

  
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  That way, Obama could bring in chefs like Thomas Keller and Jonathan Beno - the first American chefs to be granted three Michelin stars - molecular gastronomy guru Grant Achatz or Ethiopian-born Marcus Samuelson of Aquavit restaurant. … Original story at Lansing State Journal . Related stories ...
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• Stuffed cornes de boeuf peppers and a book on food and painting.

  
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• Why Gordon swears by Tuscan cooking

  
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• What is the molecular formula of this compound?

  
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• The culinary delights of La Gomera

  
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• The culinary delights of La Gomera

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 686
  Talk of different regional cuisines sounds out of place on an island 15 miles wide but, as I coaxed my hesitant little rental car around the precipitous hairpin bends that separate the dusty sun-baked coast from misty interior forests, it quickly became apparent that La Gomera varies wildly over a small area. Island ...
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• The culinary delights of La Gomera

  
  The Independent - Tennis RSS Feed — Authority: 686
  Talk of different regional cuisines sounds out of place on an island 15 miles wide but, as I coaxed my hesitant little rental car around the precipitous hairpin bends that separate the dusty sun-baked coast from misty interior forests, it quickly became apparent that La Gomera varies wildly over a small area. Island ...
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• Genome Sequence for the Domestic Horse to Be Unveiled

  
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• Future Food, a Show About Changing the Way We Think About Food, Coming to Planet Green

  
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