title: Food for thought.
abstract: Food is a fascinating and important material that requires study of the same intellectual rigour as that performed for the more usual substances reported within materials science journals. A look at some basic foodstuffs helps to identify why, and also why the science involved is intrinsically exciting.
authors.affiliation: Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 OHE, UK. amd3@phy.cam.ac.uk
authors.forename: Athene
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Donald
mesh_terms: D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D005502:Food; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000379:methods*