Amy Rowat is Professor of Integrative Biology and Physiology at the UCLA where she teaches the popular Science and Cooking class. The course began at Harvard in 2010, and Rowat brought both the course ...

Cooking food is one of the activities that makes humanity unique. It's not just about what tastes good: advances in cooking technology have been a constant part of our progress, from the ability to ...

Three Harvard University professors bring their popular class to print in this astute exploration of how and why food recipes do what they do. While the authors note this is “ultimately not a cookbook ...