Newcomb 2022: Tech Initiatives Zine

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THE ART OF FOOD WHAT IS FOOD'S RELATION TO SCIENCE? Winna Xia Have you ever thought about the chemical compounds and proteins that make up your food or how the microstructures of different plants have different shapes? As it turns out, food is not that far removed

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from science, nor is it that removed from

How is, per se, a gastronomic meal

the arts. This intersectionality comes in the

created?

form of gastronomy which “represents a

values found on the back of potato chips

new field combining technical, artistic, and

and other items are crucial here. In 1988,

social components in the creation of novel

Herve This and Nicholas Kurti designed a

foods” (Zeech). In essence, gastronomy

scientific discipline called molecular and

studies the relationship between food and

physical

its molecular compounds to create

molecular gastronomy in 1998 (Burke 1).

wondrous meals that have futuristic looks.

It is interesting to note though, that like

Gastronomic inventions can be seen in

typical scientific procedures, chefs have to

many restaurants due to their social media

go through a series of trials and errors to

friendly aesthetics especially in tourist

perfect their method of turning a raw dish

locations. Here are a few examples!

into a fully-cooked futuristic meal.

http://blog.chefsarmoury.com/2010/11/tokyo-food-trends-molecular-gastronomy-dinner-class/

Surprisingly,

gastronomy

the

nutritional

adjusted

just

http://culinaryphysics.blogspot.com/2018/12/10-best-molecular-gastronomy-kit.html#gsc.tab=0

to


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