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theCHIVE.com is a community photo entertainment site with themed posts (eg. random awesome stuff, cool architecture, interesting facts, etc.). One of todays posts is a series of pictures of food as seen through a powerful microscope. Enjoy!

The CIA Gets Scientific

The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) is beginning to incorporate chemistry and physics into its curriculum. Lectures now include the uses of xanthan gum, liquid nitrogen, and how to operate a centrifuge in order to separate ingredients.

The importance of knowing why a sauce should be finished with butter or why water and oil don't mix is emphasized in the CIA's newest bachelor of professional studies degree in Culinary Science, which requires courses such as Dynamics of Heat Transfer, Flavor Science and Perception, and Advanced Concepts in Precision Temperature Cooking.

Other schools are also recognizing the importance of science and its culinary applications. The International Culinary Center in New York City is now offering a course that concentrates of culinary technology such as the tools used for sous-vide cooking. The Food Science department at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst began offering courses in culinary science five years ago to meet the demand of culinary students who wanted more of a science background for the job market.

"Today's chef compared to a chef 30 years ago needs to know so much more," CIA president Tim Ryan said recently. "The industry, the profession, is so much more complicated."

Chefs who pioneered the movement of this "modernist cuisine" include Grant Achatz (Alinea),  Ferran Adria (El Bulli), and Wylie Dufresne (wd-50). 

Dr. Caporaso featured in the LA Times!

Sensory Evaluation professor Dr. Caporaso has been featured in the Local section of the LA Times, speaking about his experiences in the Galapagos Islands and his history with turtles. Check out the article here.

Yes on 37? No on 37? Everyone’s a loser…

Finally! An article I actually like about Prop 37...


Yes on 37? No on 37? Everyone’s a loser…


-Crystal

Prop 37 designed to be ‘business friendly’, says Right To Know campaign

Accidentally contains GMO ingredients?

Check out what both sides have to say about the financial side of Prop 37.


Prop 37 designed to be ‘business friendly’, says Right To Know campaign


-Crystal