Food, Science and Sex at the Dinner Table
A Valentine’s Day date that involves a PowerPoint presentation and projector screen doesn’t sound sexy. But, when that presentation is about sex and it accompanies a three-course meal starring a PornBurger, it actually turns out to be quite hot. The “Food Science Sex” dinner held on Saturday starred Eric Schulze, a molecular biologist who you may recognize from the Ask Smithsonian series. He dispelled myths about aphrodisiacs and covered the more interesting facets of reproduction. We snapped him (center) with the evening’s chef, Mathew Ramsey and event co-founder Kim Bryden of Cure[ate].
Mathew made a name for himself dreaming up one tempting “PornBurger” after another, typically involving a cool pun and gourmet ingredients. It was such a success that he’s writing a cookbook. The PornBurger at Food Sex Science was topped with foie gras pâté, port wine onion jam and black truffle demi-glace, and served with gnocchi tater tots. This followed a beet tartare appetizer called “foreplay.” Spread across the intimate table of six guests were periodic table building blocks because the dinner was a part of an ongoing supper series that folds in science called The Periodic Table.
