. Actually, as comical as it seems, it all made more and more sense. After I left Harry’s kitchen, I bought Heston Blumenthal’s book titled “In Search Of Perfection”. It really started to change my outlook on food preparation....

The Fat Duck and its chef Heston Blumenthal have been mentioned on this board a great deal. Use the search-engine on the Chowhound home page to see what has been said.

What are your favorite food science books? I bought H. McGee’s book On Food and Cooking years ago, and browsed the 2nd edition a few years ago prior to giving it to my son. While browsing a bookstore I noticed several other...

Science news recently had a couple of food related articles: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080329/bob10.asp What’s Cookin' by Rachel Ehrenberg This one’s an excellent summarization of Molecular Gastronomy, from...

I don’t know of any real "science food, space food, future food, molecular gastronomy, and hypermodern cooking" places in Boston, but there are chef’s that experiment with a lot of reductions and use of concentrated...

can read it here http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2009/mar/06/heston-blumenthal-food-poisoning-fat-duck Since they cant seem to find a definite cause, it could be a valid explanation, and not unique to the Fat...

Just google "molecular gastronomy"—you’ll find plenty. Here’s a wikipedia entry to get you started. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_gastronomy

As a follow-up in examining molecular gastronomy from a scientific point of view, perhaps the NYT should look into a related hygiene question, namely, how much do you have to handle that food to create the glibly self-important...

Heston Blumenthal’s cheeseburger takes 30 hours to make.

Mission Food tries it the Fat Duck way.

The Bazaar will mess with your mind.

A new website uses flavor components to pair unlikely foods.

Wired has a short-but-sweet profile of the father of molecular gastronomy.

common than we think in even our neighborhood joints. On Iron Chef America, You see chefs on occassion using Xanthan and Citric Acid among other ingredients and tools of food science... —Dommy!

The New York Times warns that enjoying Thanksgiving as intended can be hazardous to your health.