Gastronomy

Gastronomy

Gastronomy is the study of the relationship between culture and food. It is often thought erroneously that the term gastronomy refers exclusively to the art of cooking (see Culinary Arts), but this is only a small part of this discipline; it cannot always be said that a cook is also a gourmet. Gastronomy studies various cultural components with food as its central axis. Thus it is related to the Fine Arts and Social Sciences, and even to the Natural Sciences in terms of the digestive system of the human body.

A gourmet's principal activities involve discovering, tasting, experiencing, researching, understanding and writing about foods. Gastronomy is therefore an inter-disciplinary activity. Good observation will reveal that around the food, there exists dance, dramatic arts, painting, sculpture, literature, architecture, and music; in other words, the Fine Arts. But it also involves physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, geology, agronomy, and also anthropology, history, philosophy, psychology, and sociology. The application of scientific knowledge to cooking and gastronomy has become known as molecular gastronomy.

The first formal study of gastronomy is probably "The Physiology of Taste" by Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (early 19th century). As opposed to the traditional cooking recipe books, it studies the relationship between the senses and food, treating enjoyment at the table as a science. Most recently, in 2004, the founders of the Slow Food movement founded the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Bra, Italy, devoted to the principles of gastronomy. [ [http://www.unisg.it/eng/ English Version Website of University of Gastronomy Sciences] ]

Etymologically, the word "gastronomy" is derived from Ancient Greek "gastros" "stomach", and "nomos" "knowledge" or "law".

ee also

* Cuisine
* Gastropub
* Culinary art
* Gourmet Library and museum

References

External links

* [http://www.gastronomy.adelaide.edu.au Le Cordon Bleu Gastronomy at the University of Adelaide]
* [http://www.neac.eat-online.net/ Network of European Alimentary Culture]
* [http://www.bu.edu/met/adult_college_programs/graduate_school_program/post_graduate_degree/food_science_degree/index.html Boston University Masters of Liberal Arts in Gastronomy]
* [http://www.gastronomybg.info Gastronomy Site]
* [http://www.gastronomy.com.au/ Gastronomy Australia Sydney Catering]
* [http://www.Zonagastronomica.com/ Spanish Gastronomy]


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