This friend suggested that I search out one thing on the subject that approached things from a scientific perspective, and while wanting I stumbled upon McGee. It’s certainly much less front-to-back readable than I would have appreciated, and more encyclopediac.

It bodes well for the sphere of food science, and for the the rising numbers of young women and men who love each science and cooking, some of whom I hear from every year as they seek for a method to mix their passions. Food science hasn’t been an appealing possibility for many of them as a result of its focus is primarily on manufacturing processes, security, ingredient authentication, detailed chemical composition–but not kitchen-scale preparation, culinary traditions which have helped outline excellence, the nature of deliciousness, innovation, creativity . That is, notthe very elements of food that encourage passion in people. The tomato pasta sauce recipe is cooked using pilot … Read More