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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:

·         The recipe should be something g simple but interesting.

·         If has specific ingredients with scientific name provide: explanation, commercial name.

·         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.

•      stresses the way humans can initiate change, whether for good or bad, and examines the consequences

•       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

Possible topics with AOI	Personal motivation		What I have chosen
A molecular cook book “human ingenuity”	The idea of understanding how simple or complex compounds react in everyday cooking		I chose this idea because it is more accessible even if I was indicated between this and the apnea problem.
Apnea no limits “health and social education”	The idea that people can go down over -150m under water is amazing and I would like to understand how it is possible		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
Hand guide of bio plastic “environments	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.		I was really into this project but the industry failed and it would be useless to do a leaflet for a failed industry
Planning ecofriendly house “environment”	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.		I liked this idea but it was too complicated to do it with my preparation.
Creating  a molecular kitchen book
A blog		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
A printed book		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.
An interactive cookbook		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.