molecular gastronomy

English

Etymology

Coined in 1988 by Oxford physicist Nicholas Kurti and INRA chemist Hervé This. Publicly disseminated by Elizabeth Cawdry Thomas and Nicholas Kurti in 1992.

Noun

molecular gastronomy (uncountable)

1. the use of scientific principles and practices in cooking and food preparation

See also

• modernist cuisine
• modernist cooking
• modernist