Found this older article on chemistry at the bar via Carbon Based Curiosities blog.
Seems some bartender/chefs are using chemistry to create oddities for their cocktails:
the house vodka martini is garnished with a lollipop — a lollipop made from “reduced olive brine, olive flavoring and salt crystallized in isomalt” that is stuffed with blue cheese, according [...]
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molecular mixology…
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molecular gastronomy
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Use your chemistry knowledge in the kitchen?
Here are some articles on doing just that:
Food 2.0: Chefs as chemists
By Kenneth Chang Published: November 6, 2007
Chefs are using science not only to better understand their cooking, but also to create new ways of cooking. Elsewhere, chefs have played with lasers and liquid nitrogen. Restaurant kitchens are [...]
