Molecular Gastronomy can be dangerous...

German Chef channeling Heston Blumenthal blows both hands off in liquid nitrogen accident

Yikes. What a tragedy. They were able to reattach one hand, but not the other Be careful out there, MG aficianados!

Edited to say - upon more careful reading, one hand was blown off in the accident and the other had to be amputated at the hospital - not reattached. Truly awful.

Edited again to say - YIKES - it's not Heston Blumenthal - it's a "German Heston Blumenthal" - no wonder this wasn't more widely distributed. Thank goodness. I'm so sorry to have disseminated bad information. I hope you understand when you read the headline I linked to. Gads, horrible journalism takes its toll.

At first I thought it was actually heston blumenthal who blew his hand off, that would have been tragic for The Fat Duck. Cook from the heart and leave the science to others

Truely tragic.

Remember, safety first....in all applications. New ways of cooking spawn new ways to hurt yourself.