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Molecular Gastronomy

Molecular Gastronomy

• Molecular gastronomy is a sub discipline of food science that seeks to investigate, explain and make practical use of the physical and chemical transformations of ingredients that occur while cooking, as well as the social, artistic and technical components of culinary and gastronomic phenomena in general.[4] Molecular gastronomy is a modern style of cooking, which is practiced by both scientists and food professionals in many professional kitchens and labs and takes advantage of many technical innovations from the scientific disciplines.

Molecular Gastronomy

• Ok what is it??? Mad Scientist

• An understanding of the chemical break down of food and how to manipulate it

Molecular Gastronomy

• Needs– Chemicals– Gram scale– Syringe – Understanding of food at the molecular level

Molecular Gastronomy

• Safety– Know what chemicals you are using and what

they do– Use exact measurements