<p> Are you interested in the science behind what happens to the food in your kitchen? Do you want to learn what makes a recipe work so you can improvise instead of simply following a set of instructions? In this talk, Jeff Potter, author of the forthcoming O’Reilly book <em> Cooking for Geeks </em> , will share the key insights into what happens in the kitchen from a geek perspective so that you can improvise and create your own unique dishes. </p>