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danago
Jun22-10, 08:53 AM
Ive always had an interest in cooking and whenever i get a break from uni i like to get in the kitchen and experiment a bit; must be all those organic chemistry labs getting to me :tongue2:

Anyway i also have a pretty strong interest in chemistry and would like to learn more about the chemistry involved with food and cooking processes. Does anybody know of any books or other resources that i could try and get hold of to learn more about the topic? I am a chemical engineering student, so i have a fairly decent background in the basics of chemistry.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Dan.
Gokul43201
Jun22-10, 10:55 AM
Alton Brown - Good Eats.
alxm
Jun22-10, 11:26 AM
Well there was a whole show "Kitchen Chemistry" on Discovery before.

There's also an MIT course in the same, with a lot of the course material (http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/special-programs/sp-287-kitchen-chemistry-spring-2009/) available under their OpenCourseWare thing.
danago
Jun22-10, 12:27 PM
Alton Brown - Good Eats.

Thanks, ill definitely check that one out.

Well there was a whole show "Kitchen Chemistry" on Discovery before.

There's also an MIT course in the same, with a lot of the course material (http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/special-programs/sp-287-kitchen-chemistry-spring-2009/) available under their OpenCourseWare thing.

Is that the show with Heston Blumenthal? And thanks for the link. I use MIT OCW all the time but have never seen that one!

I just ordered a copy of McGee's "On Food and Cooking". Seems to get good reviews :smile:
chemisttree
Jun22-10, 04:15 PM
I just ordered a copy of McGee's "On Food and Cooking"...

That's the one I was going to recommend. A great book. Here's a snack, though....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maillard_reaction
http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/ciq_onions_tears.htm
danago
Jun23-10, 10:07 AM
That's the one I was going to recommend. A great book. Here's a snack, though....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maillard_reaction
http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/ciq_onions_tears.htm

Thanks for the links :smile: Ive actually read that wikipedia article already (came across it during an intense wikipedia link-surfing session haha), but the second website is new to me, looks like it contains some interesting articles.