Le Chef

How many French chefs are too many for one kitchen?

"...a break. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of French gastronomy, a discerning palate that can ferret out an offending..."

July 18, 2014 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Sci-Fi 2008

We pay tribute to avant-garde chefs by reviewing the molecular gastronomy trend, as well as pioneering Pop Rocks and pastry chefs

"...Call it what you will – techno-emotional cuisine, molecular gastronomy, culinary deconstructionism, or any of the other terms..."

July 25, 2008 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Valentine's Pairs

The Chronicle finds out what Austin pastry chef couples are creating for each other

"...as one of 20 American chefs invited to a molecular gastronomy seminar in New York in 2007; their personal..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Desserts at Uchi

"...fascinating and often expensive culinary manipulations currently known as molecular gastronomy, but that could be changing. For example, chef..."

July 25, 2008 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Homaro Cantu's Moto-Vation

Documentary charts a dazzling chef's tragic end

"...new, um, alimentary canal with its experimental forays into molecular gastronomy and that whole chef-as-mad-scientist scene that Ferran Adrià..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Event Menu

Local food events, March 28-April 2

"...D'Andrea will present a class on the techniques of molecular gastro­nomy at the Culinary Academy of Austin (6020-B Dillard..."

March 27, 2009 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Chef Nikki Is the Cannabis Alchemist

Celeb chef mixes science and flavor to create cannabis comfort food

"...what I'm doing. This is a different level of molecular gastronomy.”..."

March 14, 2022 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Three Food Tours That Will Leave You Hungry for More

Everything from food trucks to famed Austin restaurants

"...epicure by nature, Fulton took an early interest in molecular gastronomy, connecting her background with the then-nascent cooking movement...."

July 7, 2017 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Review: Emmer & Rye

Rainey newcomer gets everything down to the detail

"...denser version of one of those much-maligned foams of molecular gastronomy) used with a mushroom-flecked risotto ($12) relieves the..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Fixe

Flashes of brilliance

"...issues with errant menu descriptions, unbalanced flavors, and some molecular gastronomy flourishes that left me asking why rather than..."

March 20, 2015 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

From Tweeting to Eating

How food and technology are changing Austin

"...tech becoming muse to cooks. The recent trend toward molecular gastronomy is just one symptom of the food industry's..."

March 13, 2015 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

First Look: Fixe

Addictive Downtown Southern

"...they’ve made them stand fresh through a combination of molecular gastronomy and just plain ingenuity...."

Feb. 16, 2015 Food Post by Rachel Feit

The Most Important Meal

It's time for Austin to have breakfast

"...It's more important that they are static. Nouvelle cuisine, molecular gastronomy, fusion, even New American primarily attacked dinner. Some..."

Jan. 9, 2015 Food Feature by Brandon Watson

Food-o-File

Will Apis Restaurant be the bee's knees?

"...ice cream in less than a minute using the molecular gastronomy technique of freezing with liquid nitrogen. Ice creams..."

Nov. 28, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

The Take-Out: August 1

Your guide to the weekend's best bites

"...be on hand performing amazing feats of ice cream molecular gastronomy. We hope you'll forgive us if we act..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Citywide 86'd Holds Round 3 at Central Market

Local cooks competed for a spot in the June finals

"...blossoms, saltine crackers, and pistachios. Schwartz pulled out the molecular gastronomy toys and whipped a pale green ice cream..."

April 30, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

Restaurants scramble to open in time for SXSW

"...more chefs to their list of visiting culinary celebrities. Molecular gastronomy whiz and Top Chef: All Stars winner Richard..."

Feb. 28, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Third Annual Austin Food & Wine Festival Schedule Announced

Texas talent will appear alongside national culinary stars

"...added to the culinary celebrity line-up this week are molecular gastronomy whiz and Top Chef – All Stars winner..."

Feb. 26, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Bryce Gilmore's Uniquely Austin Duck

Daffy deconstructions and DIY interiors render an eatery that represents Austin's heart and terroir

"...thoughtful, featuring some of the tricks and deconstructions of molecular gastronomy techniques while still delivering appealing texture and flavor..."

Feb. 21, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Uchi/Uchiko Team Strikes Out in New Direction

Pizza parlor and bake shop coming to Sunset Valley in 2014

"...about how Philip Speer's talent for deconstructing desserts with molecular gastronomy gadgets will play in a suburban bakeshop, but..."

Dec. 10, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

LoneStarCon, Episode III: The Alamo Strikes Back

"...panels on just about every topic under the supernova (molecular gastronomy, Mexican folklore, firearms in the Victorian era, the..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Olivia - A Tail of Two Chefs

There's a new young hotshot on the range in South Austin

"...ingredients. Traditional recipes are transformed with a dash of molecular gastronomy into Petty’s Charcuterie Brandade, a chicken and veal..."

Nov. 29, 2012 Food Post by Angela Shelf Medearis

The Dirt Candy Cookbook

Plant yourself in a world of tasty wonders

"...edge. Cohen's not averse to raiding the larder of molecular gastronomy, even, if that's what works best to make..."

Nov. 8, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

That Dirt Candy Feast Made the Alamo's Mouth Water

Now Austin reels in the implications of a perfect portobello mousse

"...evolution, begets cuisine. Which begets haute cuisine. Which begets molecular gastronomy...."

Nov. 8, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cookbook review: Baked Elements

Bakery owners share recipes based on their ten favorite ingredients.

"...off the cutting edge adding savory ingredients to deconstructed molecular gastronomy masterpieces, Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito have delivered..."

Sept. 14, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Things I Learned at Pay it Forward with Daniel Curtis

Daniel Curtis hosts benefit for the Lone Star Paralysis Foundation.

"...*Molecular gastronomy techniques and equipment were in use at more..."

Aug. 22, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

'Reinventing the Meal'

Local talent involved with 'Reinventing the Meal' on Cooking Channel

"...Blais’ signature cooking style: some accessible dishes and some molecular gastronomy slight of hand, with lots and lots of..."

April 6, 2012 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

A grill big enough for Texas, some morsels for Mother's Day, and other food news

"...with Spanish chefs working on the cutting edge of molecular gastronomy, attend wine tastings with award-winning Spanish vintners, and..."

May 6, 2011 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Pop Rocks

"...bombs that subtly explode in the center. Heston Blumenthal, molecular gastronomy chef of England's three-Michelin-starred the Fat Duck has..."

July 25, 2008 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Food-o-file

One man's green issues are another man's Foie Gras Cotton Candy

"...stick of Foie Gras Cotton Candy created by Spanish molecular gastronomy whiz chef José Andrés...."

May 25, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

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