Cooking forms the core of our cultural identity other than being the basis of nutrition and health. The increasing availability of culinary data and the advent of computational methods for their scrutiny are dramatically changing the artistic outlook towards gastronomy. Starting with a seemingly simple question, 'Why do we eat what we eat?', data-driven research conducted in our lab has led to interesting explorations of traditional recipes, their flavor composition, and health associations. Our investigations have revealed 'culinary fingerprints' of regional cuisines across the world. Application of data-driven strategies for investigating the gastronomic data has opened up exciting avenues, giving rise to an all-new field of 'computational gastronomy'. This emerging interdisciplinary science asks questions of culinary origin to seek their answers via the compilation of culinary data and their analysis using methods of complex systems, statistics, computer science, and artificial intelligence. Along with complementary experimental studies, these endeavors have the potential to transform the food landscape by effectively leveraging data-driven food innovations for better health and nutrition.
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BMC Res Notes
January 2025
A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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January 2025
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Assam down town University, Sankar Madhab Path, Gandhi Nagar, Panikhaiti, Guwahati, Assam, India, PIN - 781026.
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February 2025
Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, School of Humanities, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100049, Beijing, China. Electronic address:
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January 2025
Suvida Healthcare, Houston, TX.
Objective: Assess if a virtual culinary medicine program improves healthy eating, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and associated variables among adults with type 2 diabetes.
Design: Mixed-methods, intervention-only pilot study.
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Food Sci Nutr
January 2025
Department of Food Studies, Nutrition and Dietetics Uppsala University Uppsala Sweden.
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