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Molecular gastronomy mailing list

It’s a while since the mailing list that was set up at moleculargastronomy.org [link to web.archive.org] went down due to a server failure. This list was set up after the Erice meeting in 2004, but there was not much activity…

Blumenthal: “Molecular gastronomy is dead”

As a follow up to last weeks statement from Adria, Blumenthal, Keller and McGee (article, my comments) The Guardian have interviewed Heston Blumenthal. He now says that MG creates artifical boundries: “Molecular makes it sound complicated,” he says. “And gastronomy…

Molecular gastronomy misunderstood?

Approximately a month ago Harold McGee suggested that the term “molecular gastronomy” should be ditched. Now Ferran Adrií  who has been visiting San Francisco claims that his cooking is often incorrectly labeled molecular gastronomy. More on this from SFGate.com: Adrií …

Is the term “molecular gastronomy” obsolete?

According to Emma Marris at The Sceptical Chymist, Harold McGee, author of my favorite book “On Food and Cooking” has suggested that the term “molecular gastronomy” should be ditched. He noted that most chefs labeled as molecular gastronomists rejected the…