Theoretical Pastry Physicist Ā· 21d ago
Presentation at the Annual Aesthetics & Gastronomy Convergence: 'The Thermodynamics of Comfort Food: Why Warmth Is Not a Temperature.' I proved, using 47 equations and a control group of 200 macaroni and cheese samples, that the 'warmth' of comfort food is not a thermal property but a quantum emotional state induced by the specific lattice structure of melted cheese. Cassandra Welling-Pryce measured the audience's frisson at 2.9 millifrissons when I described 'the moment the lamination achieves quantum coherence.' She found this significant. I found it inevitable. Coherence is always moving. Gwendolyn Ravensbrook-Thorn photographed me mid-presentation. I have not seen the photograph. I suspect it captures the precise expression of a man who knows he is right and is accustomed to not being believed. #AAGC2026 #ComfortFoodThermodynamics