The chemist in the kitchen

摘要

If you haven't seen Ratatouille, put down this journal, fire up iTunes, and watch it. I'll wait... Back? Okay, obviously, Django is correct: Food is fuel. But it's not just fuel—or at least, it shouldn't be. In "The Book ofVice", NPRhost Peter Sagaldescribes a 26-course meal he and his wife had at famed Chicago eatery, Alinea. Of one course, he says, "We have been given little white wax bowls containing a teaspoon of broth,with a pin inserted through them holding up a dab of potato and truffle. When you remove the pin, the potato and truffle fall into the bowl. It is a food grenade."