Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to Soft Matter Science

Harvard FAS

How can we use scientific principles to make better food, for ourselves and for the world?Food and cooking are part of your everyday life. Whether you are a skilled chef or a home-cook, what you do in the kitchen is deeply rooted in science. This class brings together top chefs and Harvard scientists to explore how everyday cooking and haute cuisine can illuminate basic principles in physics and chemistry. Throughout the semester you will watch as chefs reveal the secrets behind some of…