They might have popularized it or invented the machine, but the technique is at least 20 years old. 1994: http://www.nhn.ou.edu/~johnson/Education/SeeS_SZ/Chem

They might have popularized it or invented the machine, but the technique is at least 20 years old. 1994: http://www.nhn.ou.edu/~johnson/Education/SeeS_SZ/Chemistry_of_Cooking/Supplemental/2004_Sciam-KitchenPhysics.pdf http://www.nhn.ou.edu/~johnson/Education/SeeS_SZ/Chemistry_o... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_gastronomy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_gastronomy