Molecular Gastro-wha?

Molecular Gastro-wha?

by | May 30, 2012 | Food Science

Photo by Paul Alhadef at the Pueblo Library Molecular Gastronomy – my favorite application of science. In his introduction to Molecular Gastronomy, editor Albert Sonnenfeld says that “molecular gastronomy deals with culinary transofmrations and the sensory phenomena...
Molecular Gastro-wha?

Macaron

by | Mar 31, 2012 | Food Industry

Recently, I started working on baking French Macaron cookies. What I pictured were those spongy coconut-laden treats that usually show up around the holidays dipped in chocolate. Nope, those are coconut macaroons – note the extra o. The actual macaron is a...
Molecular Gastro-wha?

Intern Mysteries

by | Feb 16, 2012 | Food Industry

Courtesy of Green Giant Valley Attending culinary school has opened up awesome opportunities, and one of them is in working in a combined kitchen and science research laboratory. It is as zany as it sounds, but it’s also really interesting. I’ve gotten to...