Explore Secrets Of Kitchen With Chemists

Various food materials， such as vegetables and meat， turn into plates of tasty dishes after cooking in every familys kitchen where color， fragrance and flavor udergo changes， which puzzles many people. Chefs make delicious food and delights according to their experience， and they dont know why， but the chemists can tell you the reason.

Chemistry has a close tie with kitchen over thousands of years. In ancient times， people learnt to take advantage of chemical reaction to make new food and ingredients， such as brewing vinegar and sauce， making tofu by bitten. To make the food a beautiful look， people used natural pigment to color the food a long time ago. In order to add flavor of the food， large amount of condiments had been used to cook and preserve food， the Europeans in the Middle Ages in particular， they travelled across vast oceans to look for spice. With the aim at making more tasty food， people like chemists try all kinds of mixture of different food materials and achieve many strange flavor， in this way， the Chinese people have created many classic flavor： sweet and vinegar， fish flavor， sour and hot， and many others.

This time， we will go to the kitchen with chemists to explore the secrets of food color， fragrance and flavor.