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