Science

The Science Behind Foam You Can Eat

Edible foam. At this point, we’re weeks away from Guy Fieri introducing a Jack Daniels-infused foam atop deep-fried pork belly at TGI Friday’s across the US. Cliché foodie trope, but the science behind foam is still remarkably fresh.


September 25, 2010

The Long Wait For The Iliad Of Modern Cooking, Modernist Cuisine

Nathan Myhrvold, Bill Gates’s former right-hand man, is well known as the mastermind behind Intellectual Ventures. But he’s also an insane chef, who’s been working on the definitive guide to modern cooking, a six-volume, 2400-page tome, Modernist Cuisine. It’s delayed.