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EART 32The Science of Cooking

5 creditsGE CCUndergraduateStudent Option

Investigates principles of physics and chemistry as they apply to cooking. Students cook different dishes weekly to both illustrate these principles and to understand how ingredients, technique, and science intersect to make the food that is eaten all around the world. By the end of the course, students will have made recipes that represent a diversity of global cooking traditions. Access to a kitchen and basic cooking equipment is required, and rudimentary cooking skills and kitchen safety knowledge are assumed.

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When it runs

Winter 2026Open Winter 2026

SectionTypeWhenWhereInstructorSeats
01Lecture
Tue Thu 9:50am–11:25am
Earth&Marine B206P. Y. ChuangOpen 97/268

Who teaches it

InstructorRatingDifficultyWould take againReviews
Patrick Chuang2.5 / 53.9 / 519%56

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