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molecular gastronomy

molecular gastronomy noun: the use of scientific principles and practices in cooking and food preparation.

Noun

molecular gastronomy (uncountable)

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

molecular gastronomy meaning in Vietnamese

molecular gastronomy in Vietnamese

the use of scientific principles and practices in cooking and food preparation
ẩm thực phân tử

Origin of molecular gastronomy

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

Questions about molecular gastronomy

What does molecular gastronomy mean?
Molecular gastronomy means the use of scientific principles and practices in cooking and food preparation.
What is molecular gastronomy in Vietnamese?
Molecular gastronomy in Vietnamese is ẩm thực phân tử. See Molecular gastronomy meaning in Vietnamese.
What part of speech is molecular gastronomy?
Molecular gastronomy is a noun.

Words near molecular gastronomy in the dictionary

  1. molecular entities
  2. molecular entity
  3. molecular formula
  4. molecular formulae
  5. molecular formulas
  6. molecular gastronomy
  7. molecular genetics
  8. molecular knife
  9. molecular knives
  10. molecular mass
  11. molecular masses

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