From test tube to fine bone china, molecular gastronomy is all the rage in the hippest kitchens in the world. The term was coined in the 1980s by a French scientist, Hervi This, and Nicholas Kurti, a professor of physics at Oxford University in England, and refers to the practice of using scientific principles to debunk old-school culinary dogma and create wildly inventive, exciting taste combos. Most foodies attribute the pioneering achievement to "mad scientist" chef Ferran Adria at Spain's highly regarded El Bulli. It's a movement described by some as the New Frontier of cooking and by others as a precious, over-intellectualized conceit.
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