Cooking - an Art or a Science?
"Culinary Artistry" by Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page is one of my favourite culinary books. It (obviously) discusses cooking as an art. However, I also have many books on cooking as a science. Both...
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That's wonderful that you can get so absorbed in cooking. It is like a hobby with you. I enjoy eating, and it can be fun to put everything together for a great meal--who doesn't like to hear that...
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Why can't it be both?There is art in science and science in art. Look at Leonardo daVince, great artist, great scientist.My Dad (a chemist) has a hollograph of some molecule. So science has become art.
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The best cooks I myself have known have been rather sloppy, and much more the artists.The best bakers I myself have known have been as exact and meticulous as scientists.I am NOT a good baker.
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I think you've got it, JJ5! When I first saw this question, I thought to myself that I'm more of an artist in the kitchen than a scientist (and I'm very sloppy--no measuring for me!). I cannot bake...
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