Harold McGee and Dave Arnold, Nov. 10th lecture

I did not make it to the “Science of Cocktails.” Joe, a gracious reader, gave a really quick summary in his comment under a previous post called “lecture note.” However, my sister (aka Stealth Eater) went! She is going to type up her notes and send them to me. I will post them as soon [...]

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Harvard SEAS lecture 11/7/11, Dan Barber

Subject – Reclaiming Flavor. Much to my surprise, Harold McGee was around to introduce Dan Barber to the audience. Flavor molecules are actually a defense mechanism. Believe it or not, the flavor molecules are toxic to small insects and mold. It doesn’t seem toxic to humans, because we essentially dilute herbs by cooking. Physical/environmental stress [...]

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Harvard SEAS lecture, 12/6/10, David Chang

Yesterday was the last SEAS science and cooking lecture of the semester. The guest was David Chang (with his R&D chef in tow). Walking into the lecture hall, the first things I noticed were 1) David had  pots and pans simmering with things at the front of the room, and 2) the room smelled like [...]

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Harvard SEAS lecture, David Chang, teaser

Pork-bushi. Fascinating stuff. But I did not win a Le Creuset. D:

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