Harvard SEAS lecture 12/4/11 – Ferran Adrià

I don’t have a ton of things to say about the lecture.  So, here’s a quick summary: Translator? José Andrés . Other guests spotted in the audience? Carles Tejedor, David Chang, Najat Kaanache, Harold McGee, and I think Pere Planagumà. José Andrés is the most awesome Spanish translator. Even though he’s translating for his good [...]

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quick blurb, SEAS related

I was invited to the Ferran Adria lecture on Sunday by a new friend. So, I guess you can expect an update afterall! ^_^

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Harvard SEAS lecture 11/28/11, Bill Yosses and Najat Kaanache

Subject? Emulsions, foams, and gels. Honestly, I don’t have too much to say about this lecture. As my lecture buddy Judy said, “it was disjointed.” There were some really good things going on, but the presentation didn’t feel like it was quite ready.  It started out strong, and then it sort of loss direction.  (Apologies [...]

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Harvard SEAS lecture 11/14/11, David Chang

Subject – Food Microbiology I don’t think I have much to say about tonight’s lecture. It was more formal than David Chang’s lecture last year, and it was solely about edible bacteria, whether it’s from lacto-fermentation, inoculating fish that has been steamed/smoked/deydrated with koji mold (katsuobushi), dry aged beef, or David Chang’s own invention of [...]

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lecture note

Yes, I went to the lecture tonight, featuring Dan Barber. Although his subject matter is very nerdy, I still find it very interesting and inspiring. I got home late so I’ll have to write up the summary tomorrow. Other points of interest, youtube videos of this semester’s lectures are being posted – http://seas.harvard.edu/cooking Harold McGee [...]

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SEAS lecture tonight

I am sick. I am sick enough that I thought going to work was a bad idea. I am sick enough that I think going to the lecture tonight is a bad idea. No one wants to hear my stuffy nose, or wants to hear every time I blow my drippy nose. While I realize [...]

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Harvard SEAS lecture, 10/24/11, Wylie Dufresne

I don’t have much to say about tonight’s lecture, because I really feel that my notes from last year cover the bulk of it. The only “recipe” additions this year were: peanut sheets and radish sheets. The peanut sheets sound like they might be easy to make at home: peanut butter, peanut oil, a little [...]

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Harvard SEAS lecture 10/17/11, Nandu Jubany and Carles Gaig

(Nandu is on the right; Carles Gaig is on the left.) It was a quiet evening for a SEAS lecture tonight. I think the room was only 2/3rds full. I suppose it’s because the guest speakers were Nandu Jubany and Carles Gaig, both Spanish chefs without the fame of Jose Andres or Grant Achatz. I [...]

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SEAS lecture 10/10/11, Jose Andres

Jose Andres (of minibar, America Eats, Jaleo, Zaytinya, and Oyamel) came to Harvard again this semester to talk to us about “Gelation.” He is still a very awesome guest lecturer. Different from last year? Rather than talk and watch video demos, Jose and his team demonstrated the behavior of water with each of the different [...]

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Harvard SEAS lecture, 10/3/11, Grant Achatz and Craig Schoettler

Technically, tonight’s lecture was about texture and mouth feel, but really it was about the cocktails at Grant Achatz’s bar/lounge in Chicago. And since, it’s Grant Achatz we’re talking about, he doesn’t like limiting himself to the ordinary. “Why must cocktails be served in glass? Do cocktails need to be liquids?” You get the idea. [...]

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