CREATING A MOLECULAR COOKBOOK
For my personal project I decided to create a molecular cook book, the
idea that every substance we use in cooking if put in a certain way at a
certain temperature can make magnificent plates with an amazing mixture of
chemicals behind it. The reason I am doing this is to expand the knowledge and
make people closer to the idea that science is in every single thing we do
making the time of coking a meal a moment to discover new things and making it
no more a time to cook but a voyage in chemistry. I will get simple recipes
that can be easily done.
My goal is to create a cookbook with the chemistry explanation behind. In
the book I will have:
2 appetizers
2 first courses
2 second courses
2 desserts
10 tips to use in everyday cooking.
I will have to find most recipes that can fit in a general rule I fixed
for me:
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The recipe should be
something g simple but interesting.
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If has specific ingredients
with scientific name provide: explanation, commercial name.
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Provide an scientific
explanation of what is happening
In this project the AOI that fits
better is human ingenuity.
My AOI is human ingenuity
Human ingenuity
“Why and how do we create?
What are the consequences?
This area of interaction allows students to explore in multiple ways the
processes and products of human creativity, and to consider their impact on
society and the mind.
Human ingenuity allow students to focus on the evolution, process and
products of human creativity and their impact on life and society. Human
ingenuity provides opportunities for students to appreciate and develop in
themselves the human capacity to create, transform, enjoy and improve the
quality of life.
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stresses the way humans can
initiate change, whether for good or bad, and examines the consequences
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emphasizes both the importance
of researching the developments made by people across space, time and cultures,
and the importance of taking time to reflect on these developments.” http://www.ibo.org/myp/curriculum/interaction/humaningenuity/
HOW DO WE CREATE?
I will explain what will happen
in the food molecular structure while preparing a course and explain using
scientific methodology to explain it.
PERSONAL MOTIVATION
I decided to do this because I
had always been attracted by the science in cooking. I would like to expand my
learning to a big audience, young to make them be more curious about an
everyday situation
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Possible topics with AOI
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Personal motivation
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What I have chosen
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A molecular cook book “human
ingenuity”
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The idea of understanding
how simple or complex compounds react in everyday cooking
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I chose this idea because it
is more accessible even if I was indicated between this and the apnea
problem.
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Apnea no limits “health and
social education”
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The idea that people can go
down over -150m under water is amazing and I would like to understand how it
is possible
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This could have been a good
idea because I knew Umberto Pellizzari that is a apnea ex record man but at
the end it was too late to ask his opinion so I decided the cook book
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Hand guide of bio plastic
“environments
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The idea that people are
inventing new ways to create an ecofriendly plastic that could change the
idea of plastic and the idea that also my father’s company may change.
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I was really into this
project but the industry failed and it would be useless to do a leaflet for a
failed industry
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Planning ecofriendly house
“environment”
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Because of my interest in
designing houses and the fact that in the world most of the architects are
getting in ecofriendly materials may sign the future of building.
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I liked this idea but it was
too complicated to do it with my preparation.
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Creating
a molecular kitchen book
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A blog
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The idea of making a blog
can make the accessibility easier to the people even if there are lot of
different blogs that talk about this situation so I didn’t really want to do this
or it wouldn’t be so unique
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A printed book
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The idea of making book printing it is a good idea also
because I have all the attachments to print it but the problem is that to
print the book it would take longer and once did the work I wouldn’t do anything
more and leave the information to in paginate to the printer with the
indications. This idea was my first choice but after a meeting with my
supervisor we decided that we would make a different type of editing because
the book could come out not so well.
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An interactive cookbook
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The idea of having an interactive cook book
rose during a meeting with the supervisor. The best idea because I could keep
the idea of a book and the format but also have videos that in the book was
impossible to do . I will base the book on a grownup public and the idea of
doing it for an ipad seemed better. because of the copyright and due to the
fact that I HAVE to copy the recipes from other people I will have to put hyperlinks
and information about it but it can’t be published so it will be only a
preview.
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