Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Figures x
4. List of Tables xii
5. List of Boxes xiii
6. Acknowledgments xv
7. Introduction 1
8. Part I Informing
9. Introduction 4
10. 1 Why Do We Eat? 5
11. 2 Making Sense of Our Senses 34
12. Part II Transforming
13. Introduction 56
14. 3 Cooking with Fire and Ice 57
15. 4 Transforming Food Using pH, Pressure, and Microbes 95
16. 5 Manipulating Texture 119
17. Part III Reforming
18. Introduction 146
19. 6 The Future of Food 147
20. Part IV Performing
21. Introduction 178
22. 7 The Culinary Laboratory 179
23. Notes 219
24. Bibliography 225
25. Illustration Credits 231
26. Index 233