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----------------------------------------------- It Figures: The numbers behind your dinner Food is for math, not eating. by, Anne Casselman 26 June 2007 Perfectly crisping bacon doesn’t take skill, it takes science. Spreading pizza toppings isn’t art, it’s “topping exposure percentage and topping distribution evenness” detected by computer vision. Chocolate mousse isn’t heaven, it’s a matrix “gelled by hydrocolloids in the continuous phase.” That seemingly inimitable blend of flavor, texture, and aroma can be broken down into numbers and computations and you better not forget it. 8,000-10,000: years ago that man first milked animals. 237,928,359: the number of dairy cows mooing along today. 40-50: the percentage of air in ice cream. 117: The liters of milk consumed per capita in Finland in 2005. Also,… http://www.inklingmagazine.com/articles/it-figures-the-numbers-behind-your-dinner/
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