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The fundamental objectives were defined by This in his PhD thesis as
  • Investigating culinary and gastronomical proverbs, sayings, old wives tales

  • Exploring the recipes

  • Introducing new tools, ingredients and methods into the kitchen

  • Inventing new dishes

  • Using molecular gastronomy to help the general public understand the contribution of science to society


In popular Geek culture, molecular gastronomy has become a merging of scientific tools and techniques with culinary arts. For example utilizing tools such as centrifuges, liquid nitrogen, microscopes or lasers in the preparation of food items.


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Perhaps the best known chef to use the methods of molecular gastronomy is Ferran Adrià , at the world-renowned El Bulli in Rosas, Spain. Numerous chefs worldwide have begun using molecular gastronomy in their cuisine, including Heston Blumenthal at The Fat Duck ( Berkshire , England ), Homaro Cantu at Moto (Chicago), Grant Achatz at Alinea (Chicago) and Richard Blais at One Midtown Kitchen (Atlanta).


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  • Harold McGee, McGee on Food & Cooking. An Encyclopedia of Kitchen Science, History and Culture. ISBN 0340831499.