Saturday, June 12th, 2004
Wired covers TV “superchef” Alton Brown in The Thermochemical Joy of Cooking. The subtitle sums up Brown’s appeal: “Food Network superchef Alton Brown is part MacGyver, part mad scientist. Welcome to his lab.”
On the topic of kitchen science, the article relates an odd story from the history of oven design:
In the late 1700s, Benjamin Thompson, aka Count Rumford, repurposed tombstones from a Long Island graveyard to build an enclosed camp stove. His invention had the dubious distinction of producing bread crusts that bore the names of the deceased.
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posted to channel: Food & Cooking
updated: 2004-06-14 16:02:16
