Chef blows off hands dabbling in ‘molecular gastronomy’

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An experimental German chef accidentally blew off both his hands attempting to concoct a “molecular gastronomy” dish with liquid nitrogen. The 24-year-old man from Stahnsdorf near Berlin somehow obtained some of the dangerous chemical and was poised to try out a new recipe from the school of molecular cooking, which aims to apply scientific processes to gastronomy.

There was an “enormous explosion,” according to the Berliner Morgenpostdaily. The would-be Heston Blumental – a leading proponent of molecular gastronomy – lost one hand in the explosion and the other was so badly injured it had to be amputated.

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