Kitchen Chemistry [With CDROM]

by Heston Blumenthal and Ted Lister

Book Overview

The chemistry of food and cooking is just one example of the many roles chemistry plays in our everyday lives. This topic provides an exciting context for some familiar chemistry and a way to engage students with the subject. Kitchen Chemistry contains a wide variety of activities, from class practicals and demonstrations to reading comprehension and paper-based exercises. Each activity deals with an aspect of the chemistry of food and/or cooking...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0854043896
• ISBN13: 9780854043897
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 11.6"

Customer Reviews

Great Basic Chemistry book

I bought this book because it is written in part by Heston Blumenthal. I have most of his other works and I really enjoy the way he walks through the creation of a dish. It is sort of like a more advanced, no worry about being pretentious, version of Cook's Illustrated. I really enjoy Cook's Illustrated but at times they seem limited by worrying about being pretentious. With Heston Blumenthal's lists of equipment and ingredients in various books, he is clearly not worried about this. He wants to have fun and make the best dish he can.