Making Further Inroads into the Universe of Texture

The universe of texture offers us infinite opportunities to experiment. In this chapter, we have selected a variety of ingredients—for many of our readers some of these, such as legumes, vegetables, and grains, are already familiar staples, while others, including octopus, jellyfish, and seaweeds, may be less well known. We will show the readers how the textures of these ingredients can be transformed in a whole range of dishes, from the savory to the sweet. Finally, we will turn the spotlight onto some unusual ingredients, such as skin and bone, and special dishes that create little explosions of taste in the mouth.