| Food has become a cultural phenomenon in the | | | | understanding through science has made its |
| United States and around the world. Food TV | | | | way deeper into the culture of food since |
| is bigger than ever, and chefs are now | | | | cooking, essentially, is a series of |
| celebrities. Building on this new food | | | | scientific behaviors.The fact is that food |
| culture is a surprising trend the fuses food | | | | science is everywhere. When you go to the |
| with science. That is right; increasingly, | | | | grocery store and see three kinds of flour, |
| both celebrity chefs and at home cooks are | | | | four difference chocolates, or even a few |
| paying attention to the science that is | | | | types of sausage, do you know what the |
| involved in the preparation of food.The trend | | | | differences are? They are all parts of |
| seems to either have been started by or at | | | | understanding the science of food and the |
| least popularized by the idea that people can | | | | science of cooking that food.It is not just |
| learn about a process better if they | | | | Food TV, Emeril Lagasse or Alton Brown that |
| understand the why. For instance, in his show | | | | have helped to popularize this trend, though. |
| Good Eats on the Food Network, Alton Brown | | | | The general public, the internet, and the |
| uses science to explain why foods are | | | | curiosity of the human mind are the real |
| prepared the way they are. This deeper | | | | culprits. |