http://blog.khymos.org/2006/12/19/blumenthal-molecular-gastronomy-is-dead/ - dedicated to molecular gastronomy Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:21:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.khymos.org/2006/12/19/blumenthal-molecular-gastronomy-is-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-28470 juglar del zipa Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:28:48 +0000 http://blog.khymos.org/2006/12/19/blumenthal-molecular-gastronomy-is-dead/#comment-28470 i also find te terms molecular and gastronomy too pretentious. i loved h. this' book traité élémentaire de cuisine (as far as i know, only translated to spanish, the one i read: tratado elemental de cocina, zaragoza, acribia, 2002), but i would call it "rational cooking" --or cuisine if you like, it's the same word in spanish: cocina-- or even "positive cooking" --in refference to comte's sociology --positive philosophy-- and the whole scientific spirit of the 19th century (if you know the laws, you control the causes and thus the results). i love your blog. thanks a lot. i also find te terms molecular and gastronomy too pretentious. i loved h. this’ book traité élémentaire de cuisine (as far as i know, only translated to spanish, the one i read: tratado elemental de cocina, zaragoza, acribia, 2002), but i would call it “rational cooking” –or cuisine if you like, it’s the same word in spanish: cocina– or even “positive cooking” –in refference to comte’s sociology –positive philosophy– and the whole scientific spirit of the 19th century (if you know the laws, you control the causes and thus the results).
i love your blog.
thanks a lot.

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