Edible Inventions

Chapter 2 Create Chemical Cuisine

When cooks start playing around with science, the results can be pretty surprising. Try some of these weird recipes and see for yourself.

Figure 2-1: Cooking with chemistry is fun—and delicious.

Good cooks and mad scientists have a lot in common. They both like to play around with substances and equipment and see what happens. At fancy restaurants, adventurous chefs are inventing new techniques and whipping up meals no one has ever tasted before. Would you try something called Mustard Air? How about Cucumber ...