Visit: https://youtu.be/x-PLi4gBmqY for a video of this episode! "The Physics of Confections Cotton Candy, Soft Cookies, and Brittle Crackers." Presented by Dr. Ted Labuza from the Department of Food Science and Nutrition at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Ted Labuza Labuza is known internationally as one of the top experts on kinetics of reactions related to loss in food quality, nutrient degradation and pathogen growth and death kinetics. He is also well known for his teaching and is the author or co-author of over 289 scientific refereed research articles, 18 textbooks, 78 book chapters, eight patents and more than 100 other semi-technical articles. Research behind The Physics of Confections was conducted by his three children when they were 7th and 8th graders at St John the Baptist Catholic School in New Brighton and published in a food science textbook in a chapter authored by Labuza, Labuza, Labuza and Labuza. In the Twin Cities area? Join us for our monthly Cafe! It runs September to May, every third Tuesday of the month at the Bryant Lake Bowl: http://bryantlakebowl.com/theater/caf%C3%A9-scientifique