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Chefs Preview Surface Tension-Based Cocktail Garnishes
carmendrahl writes "Last fall, MIT researchers made news for developing two bioinspired cocktail toppers-- a moving cocktail boat and a floral pipette-- in collaboration with James Beard Award-winning chef José Andrés. Both the boat and floral pipette operate by taking advantage of surface tension-- either to propel the boat forward or to keep small drops of liquid inside the flower's petals. Some of those early garnishes were nominally edible. But to make them worthy of a restaurant debut requires balancing of flavors, temperature, density, and alcohol content, among other factors. Here's a look inside Andrés' company ThinkFoodGroup to see how the project is coming along. The toppers aren't available to the public just yet."
Back when I was a kid there were these little toys you could put in a bowl of water, add a drop of vegetable oil to and watch them zip around until the surface of water molecules and been evenly overlaid with a uniform layer of oil.
I see petals, blooms or leafs drop into pools do this at times while out on a hike or in a park.
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
There are numerous advantages to science classes to take place in bars. Top argument would be the increased interest.
Science applied to make your choice of intoxicant more fun is always a plus.
Generally, when I've done something with a drink in a pub, which confounds and amazes, I proclaim "It's SCIENCE! Drink up!"
Cheers!
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Surely this means that all world hunger and nutrition issues across the globe have been solved, now that corporations are pouring millions into 3D cocktail garnish R&D, right?
Yes, it's frivolous, but it's interesting. Unless everything you do every day drives towards those goals, you're a hypocrite.
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
Wow, AC totally flubbed that joke.
"Don't Drink and Derive!"
There, was that so hard?
Socialism: a lie told by totalitarians and believed by fools.
Food availability isn't an issue of lack of supply. Its about production and distribution in the middle of some paramilitary pissing match.
Have gnu, will travel.