End of the trend?

I just got a Groupon offer for an at-home molecular gastronomy kit.

(It has a silly name; they missed out on the opportunity to call it, "Bulli for You.")

mrbarolo wrote:I just got a Groupon offer for an at-home molecular gastronomy kit.

(It has a silly name; they missed out on the opportunity to call it, "Bulli for You.")

Actually I view it as making molecular gastronomy more accessible. The El Bulli -branded Texturas kits have long been available at fairly insane mark-ups ($2 worth of chemicals for about $75), so it's nice to see packaged kits at an affordable price (not everyone want to measure out fractions of a gram). While I appreciate the concept and greatly enjoy the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences podcasts, I was not all that enthused about doing this at home. However I have a 10-year-old nephew who's really into science and we've done a few cooking science projects (spherification, gels). It's a great way to make cooking and science more relatable.

Modernistpantry.com is a good place to look if you're interested in this type of cooking. They do sell kits, but their main thing is selling enzymes and other reagents in smaller quantities so you don't have to buy an entire kilo of something when you only need to use a few grams.