On Fri, April 22, 2011 5:00 am, Stefanie Nobel wrote: > Hi Walter, > > Thats an interesting point. At the beginning I also had something more like > an experimental cook studio in mind. During my research I found some funny > things, like making an own pH indicator with red cabbage, a natural pH > indicator that changes colors according to the acidity of the solution > youre mixing with. For example when you fry your egg with a little red > cabbage juice the egg becomes green. I found several other good, but for > the moment I am not sure how to include it in our game. > > But concerning your question I can only offer a database with prepared > aliments and their nutritional values. As far as I know, there is no rule of > thumb how cooking impacts food. The impact depends on the aliment. I am > currently looking for more information on this topic, so when I find > anything I will let you know.
There are several books on the subject from varying points of view and for different audiences. Examples include * Let's Cook It Right (1988), by Adelle Davis * Science Experiments You Can Eat: Revised Edition (1984), by Vicki Cobb and David Cain * Amazing Kitchen Chemistry Projects You Can Build Yourself (May 1, 2008) by Cynthia Light Brown and Blair Shedd * Kitchen Chemistry - Paperback (July 1, 2005) by Ted Lister and Heston Blumenthal * What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained (May 17, 2002) by Robert L. Wolke * "The Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake: a Book About Kitchen Chemistry" and "The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: a Book About How Living Things Grow" (2-volume set) (PBS Magic School Bus) - Paperback (1994) by Patricia Relf Linda Beech and John Spiers Ted Enik * On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee * Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food by Jeff Potter * Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everyday Cooking by Michael Ruhlman * The Science Chef: 100 Fun Food Experiments and Recipes for Kids by Joan D'Amico * The Science Chef Travels Around the World: Fun Food Experiments and Recipes for Kids, by Joan D'Amico, Karen E. Drummond * The Science of Cooking - Hardcover (June 8, 2001) by Peter Barham * Food Science (Food Science Text Series) by Norman N. Potter and Joseph H. Hotchkiss (1999) * Essentials of Food Science (Food Science Text Series) by Vickie A. Vaclavik and Elizabeth W. Christian (Paperback - Nov 30, 2007) * Food Chemistry by H.-D. Belitz, Werner Grosch and Peter Schieberle (Paperback - Feb 27, 2009) * The Science of Good Food: The Ultimate Reference on How Cooking Works by David Joachim, Andrew Schloss and A. Philip Handel Ph.D. (Paperback - Oct 10, 2008) * Understanding Food Science and Technology (with InfoTrac) by Peter S. Murano (Hardcover - Sep 25, 2002) among many others that you can find on Amazon. There is also a huge scientific literature on these topics, and discussions of related subjects, such as * Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History) by Hervé This and Malcolm DeBevoise (Paperback - Aug 1, 2008) > Stefanie > 2011/4/18 Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> > >> On Sun, Apr 17, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Stefanie Nobel >> <stefanie.no...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> > Hello, >> > >> > Im glad to present you a new project from OLPC France. For the next >> six >> > months we will develop a new playful software, which aims at educating >> > children about a healthier nutrition. >> > In this game children are taking care of an avatar by providing him >> with >> > meals, which they have to prepare before. By doing so the children are >> meant >> > to learn the importance of good nutrition for their healthy. >> > The game will be supported by Danone Research. They will not only >> finance >> > the project but also share their great knowledge on this topic with >> us. >> > >> > Were just at the begining of the development but here is a short >> > description of our first ideas: >> > The game will be split in two parts: >> > >> > In one part the children can create their own recipes in a virtual >> > environment, similar to a cook studio. There is also the possibility >> to >> > share these recipes with other children. >> > The other part is for validation: Here the meal will be validated by >> the >> > avatar, (for example, a reaction might be, that the avatar cant do >> homework >> > because he has not sufficient energy). >> > >> > So at first we will have to define the relevant parameters, which you >> have >> > to consider when you validate a healthy meal, for example: >> > >> > The need of the different nutritional values, >> > The nutritional value of the aliment >> > In natural and organic state and >> > after the preparation of the meal >> > The activities, the avatar/child do/did during the day >> > The season and the weather >> > The times of the meals during the day(this has an impact on the gain >> of >> the >> > food) >> > The health of the avatar/child >> > The extent of hygienic conditions when preparing the food >> > >> > >> > >> > The next step will be to collect all those information and integrate >> it >> into >> > a rough logic. >> > >> > >> > >> > So dont hesitate to comment about this project and share your >> thoughts. >> > >> > We appreciate all kinds of input! >> > >> >> FWIW, several of us have been thinking about a different angle on a >> cooking activity, one more geared towards chemistry and the science of >> the kitchen: getting the kids to experiment with recipes, for example, >> changing the 'resting time' when making noodles from flour and water, >> and observing how this changes the consistency, flavor, etc. The >> Activity would be more like a lab notebook and set of simple data >> analysis tools than anything else, but then the kids could presumably >> photograph their results with their XO and share their successes and >> failures, and aggregate data more widely. It be interesting to fold in >> nutrition into the mix: does Danone have data we can use re how >> cooking impacts the foods we eat? >> >> regards. >> >> -walter >> >> > >> > Stefanie >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Sugar-devel mailing list >> > sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> > >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Walter Bender >> Sugar Labs >> http://www.sugarlabs.org >> > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://www.earthtreasury.org/ _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) 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