Sean Carroll's Mindscape J. Kenji López-Alt on Cooking As and With Science (Season 1, Episode 103)
Podcast Episode | 75 min | Talk-Show

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Sean Carroll's Mindscape

J. Kenji López-Alt on Cooking As and With Science (Season 1, Episode 103)

Podcast Episode | 75 min | Talk-Show

Cooking is art, but it's also very much science - mostly chemistry, but with important contributions from physics and biology. (Almost like a well-balanced recipe...) And I can't think of anyone better to talk to about the intersection of ...See moreCooking is art, but it's also very much science - mostly chemistry, but with important contributions from physics and biology. (Almost like a well-balanced recipe...) And I can't think of anyone better to talk to about the intersection of these fields than Kenji López-Alt: professional chef and restauranteur, MIT graduate, and author of The Food Lab. We discuss how modern scientific ideas can improve your cooking, and more importantly, how to bring a scientific approach to cooking anything at all. Then we also get into the cultural and personal resonance of food, and offer a few practical tips. See less