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New project: Exploring culinary claims

  • Martin LerschMartin Lersch
  • 6

My fellow bloggers Anu Hopia (Molekyyligastronomia) and Erik Fooladi (Fooducation) together with Jenni Vartiainen and Maija Aksela have embarked on a collaboration project to explore claims about food and cooking. If you are a researcher (from any field), teacher at…

  • molecular gastronomy, science

Books for your Christmas wish list

  • Martin LerschMartin Lersch
  • 5

A couple of books have caught my eye during the year and have naturally made their way into my Christmas wish list (and some I’ve already ordered myself). Please let me know if there are books you belive should be…

  • blogs, books, modernist cuisine, molecular gastronomy, recommendations

A flavor pairing color analogy

  • Martin LerschMartin Lersch
  • 7

Flavor pairing is a controversial* topic which I’ve blogged about many times in the past. In my last post I suggested that predicted aroma similarity may be a more precise term, and below is an attempt to illustrate predicted aroma…

  • aroma similarity, flavor pairing, molecular gastronomy, TGRWT

Wonders of extraction: Brewing beer

  • Martin LerschMartin Lersch
  • 13

Talking to a friend last year who is an avid home brewer made me realize how little I knew about beer and brewing. Inspired by what I learnt from the conversation I started reading Palmer’s How to brew which is…

  • books, equipment, experiments, science

Khymos celebrating 5 years of blogging today

  • Martin LerschMartin Lersch
  • 11

The very first blog post on Khymos appeared on August 27th, 2006. That’s 5 years ago today – and to celebrate this the following post will be about Khymos and blogging. It’s going to be quite introvert, but hopefully you’ll…

  • modernist cuisine, molecular gastronomy

Available for pre-order: The Kitchen as Laboratory

  • Martin LerschMartin Lersch
  • 1

A book I’ve been looking forward to for a long time is The Kitchen as Laboratory: Reflections on the Science of Food and Cooking. It is now available for pre-order with expected delivery on January 31st, 2012. Work on the…

  • books, molecular gastronomy, science

Cooking science – condensed matter

  • Martin LerschMartin Lersch

The book Cooking science – Condensed matter by Adria Vicenc came out last year, but only recently did it appear on my radar. This 75 page preview suggests that it is part coffee table book and part documentation of modern…

  • books, modernist cuisine, molecular gastronomy, science, websites

Book review: Ideas in food – Great recipes and why they work

  • Martin LerschMartin Lersch
  • 5

Readers well aquianted with the food blogosphere will likely be familiar with Aki Kamozawa and Alex Talbot’s blog Ideas in food. Since December 2004 they have generously shared pictures, ideas, insights and inspirations online. As chefs they have eagerly integrated…

  • book review, books, modernist cuisine, molecular gastronomy, websites

O happy day

  • Martin LerschMartin Lersch
  • 10

Can you guess what’s inside?

  • books, modernist cuisine, molecular gastronomy

Harvard lecture series on science and cooking returns in September

  • Martin LerschMartin Lersch
  • 5

The immensly popular Science & Cooking public lecture series offered by Harvard will return on September 6. Seating last year was on a first come, first serve basis, and apparently many talks were full hours before they started. So be…

  • experiments, modernist cuisine, molecular gastronomy, science, videos
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The blog Khymos is written by Martin Lersch. He's a chemist by training and brings his chemical curiosity with him wherever he goes. He enjoys being in the kitchen, so at lot at Khymos deals with food and cooking. See the about page for more information and contact details.

Latest comments
  1. Martin Lersch on Mineral waters à la carteMay 11, 2025

    Hi Samsen, Sorry about that! I see several have struggled with this download. I've uploaded a new copy of the…

  2. Samsen on Mineral waters à la carteMay 11, 2025

    Hello Martin, Thanks for making your [mineral water calculator] available. While I have been drinking the same Spring Water from…

  3. Martin Lersch on Wonders of extraction: Coffee (part 1)April 27, 2025

    The TDS measurement relies on the refractive index which is very temperature sensitive. However, if you allow water to evaporate,…

  4. Ocracoke on Wonders of extraction: Coffee (part 1)April 24, 2025

    "The coffee needs to cool completely before the TDS can be measured with a refractometer. To minimize evaporation I leave…

  5. Tea Bjørnstad on Mineral waters à la carteJanuary 18, 2025

    Hi! I want to try this out, but I can't find MgCO3. Do you have any tips for where to…



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