Educational applications of molecular gastronomy

All too often, those who discuss the application of science think only of technical applications, forgetting that science must be done "For the honor of the human spirit" . It is knowledge (produced in particular by the natural sciences) that distinguishes us from animals, and it is for this reason that it is legitimate for education to pass on to young citizens the results obtained by the natural sciences (physics, chemistry, life and earth sciences courses in secondary schools). From this point of view, molecular gastronomy is no different from any other scientific discipline, except that as this science explores the phenomena that occur during culinary transformations...