====The Flemish Primitives====

(incomplete) notes from the [[Food Pairing]] seminar held in Brugge 2008.01.05 > http://www.theflemishprimitives.com/

==== 'The Science of Cooking' Prof. Peter Barham =====
  * cooking as a src of inspiration fr the physical sciences
  * importance of 'questions of why?'
  * cooking pots -> ceramics -> materials science
  * boiling pot -> steam engine
  * split between science and cookery ~1900 
  * rewoven with n.kurit ~1960
  * vegetables & salt
    * myth of 'keeping greens green'
    * myths of boiling point changes
  * heat & meat
    * heat denatures protein in meat and softens connective tissue
    * possible to establish a series of temperature intervals for optimal cooking
  * gels
    * what can be used beyond pectin & 'jelly'?
    * currently 15-30 known gelling agents that are edible, with various characteristics
  * glass
    * anything 'crisp' or 'crunchy' eg. toffee, isomalt(?)
  * ice cream
    * what makes it taste creamy or smooth?
    * extremely small particles (less than 0.1mm)
    * can be made by very rapid (eg. liquid nitrogen icecream, or very even cooling (traditional)
  * what is flavour?
    * flavour is a mental construct, composed of sensory input from ALL senses as well as memory
    * sight, esp. colour affects flavour ->
      * eg. adding 'tasteless' red/blue food colouring to white wine & compare with uncoloured sample of same wine.
    * sound ->
      * affects the 'mechanical' actions and perceived texture of what we are eating
      * 'crunchy' sounds will cause slower, more careful mastication, louder noises will increase 'crunchiness'
      * people tend to chew in time with music
      * experiments with playback (& amplification,damping and delay) of eating noises while eating. (x.ref)
    * touch ->
      * what we are touching while we eat, as well as the textures of the food affects what we taste.
      * eg. feeling sand paper while eating crème brûlée 

==== Andrew Dornenburg & Karen Page =====

===='food pairing and olive oil' Prof. Lorenzo Cerretani=====

===='The 4 tastes model' Bart de Pooter - De Pastorale====

====chefs====

===='The Chicago Style Hotdog' Ben Roche - Moto====