Category: Outside the Classroom

Gastronomy lecture next week!

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Please join us for the second installment of the Spring 2013 Gastronomy at BU Lecture Series. Lectures are free and open to the public.

Guy Crosby on Understanding and Enhancing the Flavor of Food

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by Noel Bielaczyc The term “molecular gastronomy” generally conjures images of chefs utilizing science-based techniques and high-tech lab gadgetry like immersion circulators, vacuum sealers, dehydrators, and rotovaps to create visually arresting, palate dazzling, and expensive cuisine. While edible gels, foams and powders have become a somewhat trite symbol of the movement, the central principals remain […]

WWOOFing in Italy

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by Ashley Pardo I would have never believed if someone had told me that the best food of my life was patiently waiting in 200-year-old stone farmhouses, or that my new best friends would be lawnmowers and weed whackers, or that I would soon be chasing goats and sheep in the mountain of Piedmont, Italy. […]

Gastronomy Lecture This Week!

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Please join us for the first installment of the Spring 2013 Gastronomy at BU Lecture Series. Lectures are free and open to the public. For more background and a bio of Guy Crosby, visit http://www.cookingscienceguy.com

Gastronomy Student Association Gets Cracking with a New England Clambake

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by Rob Haley The message was clear when we sat down at the long table protected by sheets of brown paper tablecloth – this meal was going to get messy. On Thursday, January 31st, Boston University’s Gastronomy Student Association (GSA) marked the beginning of a new semester by visiting Jasper White’s Summer Shack in downtown Boston. […]