How are chemistry and cooking related?

Answer 1

Chemistry is related to food because of the chemical compounds found in all of our foods. Everything we eat is made up of Oxygen, Nirtogen, Hydrogen, and Carbon. The only difference is how these elemets are organized in different foods which also affects how certain foods are digested and metabolized.

Answer 2

Chemistry and cooking are related because cooking often involves chemical processes. For example, chemical reactions cause food to go bad, and the cook needs to know the signs so that he doesn't cook spoiled food. Chemistry is also the cause of meat browning and various other cooking phenomena.

Answer 3

When you do your chemistry homework at McDonalds.

Or when your body breaks down the chemical bonds in food for energy...