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| - | ==Science Resources== | + | ==Chocolate Science Resources== |
| - | * | + | * [http://chocolate.mit.edu/~chocolatiers/Wiki/index.php?title=DIY Hands-on experiments! ] |
| - | * | + | * [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_fNpWPrOUoxMTcxR1g3NGw4S3M Lab for Chocolate Science Poster] |
| + | * [https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_fNpWPrOUoxQURydVFFZXRJVWc Chocolate researcher Naveen Sinha's presentation "Better Physics Through Chocolate"] | ||
* [http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/exploring_chocolate/ Exploratorium's online chocolate exhibit] | * [http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/exploring_chocolate/ Exploratorium's online chocolate exhibit] | ||
* [http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2010/02/features/tcho-the-chocolate-scientists?page=all Chocolate Scientists from TCHO] | * [http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2010/02/features/tcho-the-chocolate-scientists?page=all Chocolate Scientists from TCHO] | ||
| - | + | **[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1_z351lfyc Boing Boing interviews TCHO's chocolate technicians] | |
| - | * [http://www.hawaiianchocolate.com/ | + | * [http://www.hawaiianchocolate.com/ Some chocolate facts and pictures] |
| + | *[http://www.thechocolatelife.com/ The Chocolate Life: an online chocoholic community] | ||
| + | *[http://www.scharffenberger.com/beans/journal/ Blog of a Scharffenberger chocolate scientist and cacao bean selector] | ||
* [http://books.google.com/books/about/The_science_of_chocolate.html?id=miv82VGPL9cC Beckett's The Science of Chocolate book] | * [http://books.google.com/books/about/The_science_of_chocolate.html?id=miv82VGPL9cC Beckett's The Science of Chocolate book] | ||
| + | * [http://www.fooducation.org/2009/02/chocolate-part-1-why-it-seizes-with.html Water and chocolate] | ||
| + | * [http://soft-matter.seas.harvard.edu/index.php/The_Science_of_Chocolate:_interactive_activities_on_phase_transitions,_emulsification,_and_nucleation The Science of Chocolate: interactive activities on phase transitions, emulsification, and nucleation] | ||
| + | * [http://www.fooducation.org/search/label/chocolate Chocolate science and recipes from FoodEducation] | ||
| - | ==Current | + | ==Chocolate and Current Events== |
*[http://news.discovery.com/earth/chocolate-genome-101229.html Mapping the Cacao Genome] | *[http://news.discovery.com/earth/chocolate-genome-101229.html Mapping the Cacao Genome] | ||
*[http://vision.ucsd.edu/~kbranson/stopchocolateslavery/newsandinformation.html Chocolate and Slave Labor] | *[http://vision.ucsd.edu/~kbranson/stopchocolateslavery/newsandinformation.html Chocolate and Slave Labor] | ||
*[http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/Newsroom/Documents/news_release_africas_chocolate_meltdown_climate_change_threatens_cocoa_farmers.pdf Effects of Global Warming on Cacao Production] (PDF download) | *[http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/Newsroom/Documents/news_release_africas_chocolate_meltdown_climate_change_threatens_cocoa_farmers.pdf Effects of Global Warming on Cacao Production] (PDF download) | ||
| + | *[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/08/3d-chocolate-printer_n_893381.html 3D Printing with Chocolate] | ||
| - | = | + | =Suggestions from Professor Patti Christie's [http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/special-programs/sp-287-kitchen-chemistry-spring-2009/readings/ Kitchen Chemistry class]= |
| - | =Cocoa beans= | + | ==Cocoa beans== |
* [http://www.xocoatl.org/science.htm Botanical classification of cocoa] | * [http://www.xocoatl.org/science.htm Botanical classification of cocoa] | ||
* [http://www.foodsci.uoguelph.ca/deicon/chocolate.gif Cocoa bean processing] | * [http://www.foodsci.uoguelph.ca/deicon/chocolate.gif Cocoa bean processing] | ||
| - | =Chocolate Classifications= | + | ==Chocolate Classifications== |
*[http://www.finecooking.com/articles/sorting-out-chocolate.aspx What are different types of chocolate?] | *[http://www.finecooking.com/articles/sorting-out-chocolate.aspx What are different types of chocolate?] | ||
*[http://www.joyofbaking.com/cocoa.html What is the difference between natural and dutch processed cocoa?] | *[http://www.joyofbaking.com/cocoa.html What is the difference between natural and dutch processed cocoa?] | ||
| - | =Chocolate and the Brain= | + | ==Chocolate and the Brain== |
*[http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/exploring_chocolate/choc_8.html Why do we crave chocolate?] | *[http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/exploring_chocolate/choc_8.html Why do we crave chocolate?] | ||
*[http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/features/anandamide.shtml Receptor in the brain that interacts with chocolate] | *[http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/features/anandamide.shtml Receptor in the brain that interacts with chocolate] | ||
| - | =Chocolate and Health= | + | ==Chocolate and Health== |
*[http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/exploring_chocolate/choc_7.html Health benefits of chocolate] | *[http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/exploring_chocolate/choc_7.html Health benefits of chocolate] | ||
*[http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/6462/title/Can_Chocolate_Fight_Diabetes%2C_Too%3F Chocolate as a drug for Diabetes] | *[http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/6462/title/Can_Chocolate_Fight_Diabetes%2C_Too%3F Chocolate as a drug for Diabetes] | ||
*[http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff/7849sci5.html Chemistry of chocolate] | *[http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff/7849sci5.html Chemistry of chocolate] | ||
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15850966 Scientific paper "Cocoa can Prevent High-fat Diet-induced Obesity by Regulating the Expression of Genes for Fatty Acid Metabolism"] | *[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15850966 Scientific paper "Cocoa can Prevent High-fat Diet-induced Obesity by Regulating the Expression of Genes for Fatty Acid Metabolism"] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:12, 15 October 2015
Contents |
Chocolate Science Resources
- Hands-on experiments!
- Lab for Chocolate Science Poster
- Chocolate researcher Naveen Sinha's presentation "Better Physics Through Chocolate"
- Exploratorium's online chocolate exhibit
- Chocolate Scientists from TCHO
- Some chocolate facts and pictures
- The Chocolate Life: an online chocoholic community
- Blog of a Scharffenberger chocolate scientist and cacao bean selector
- Beckett's The Science of Chocolate book
- Water and chocolate
- The Science of Chocolate: interactive activities on phase transitions, emulsification, and nucleation
- Chocolate science and recipes from FoodEducation
Chocolate and Current Events
- Mapping the Cacao Genome
- Chocolate and Slave Labor
- Effects of Global Warming on Cacao Production (PDF download)
- 3D Printing with Chocolate
Suggestions from Professor Patti Christie's Kitchen Chemistry class
Cocoa beans
Chocolate Classifications
- What are different types of chocolate?
- What is the difference between natural and dutch processed cocoa?
