Stunspot’s Guide to Gastronomic Engineering
A practical canon for gastronomic engineering knowledge, reasoning, and AI/RAG use.
This site is the navigation layer for a model-facing knowledge canon about food as engineered matter. The corpus itself lives in the repository under knowledge-packs/, not inside docs/.
The canon is designed to help AI/RAG systems reason about culinary formulation with stable terminology and source-traceable structure: phase states, control variables, thermodynamic and biochemical pathways, constraint compilers, dietary operating modes, substitution graphs, and failure diagnosis.
It is human-readable, but its primary purpose is machine ingestion. Treat the pages here as orientation; treat the files under knowledge-packs/ as the operational corpus.
Navigation
- Canon Map — the report sequence and what each report contributes.
- How to Use This Canon — practical guidance for humans, AI Projects, RAG pipelines, and long-context systems.
- Knowledge Packs — which upload format to use and why.
Directory Policy
| Area | Purpose |
|---|---|
docs/ |
Navigation, GitHub Pages metadata, and usage guidance. |
knowledge-packs/by-report/ |
Canonical individual source reports. |
knowledge-packs/compiled-packs/ |
Grouped upload packs for most AI/RAG workflows. |
knowledge-packs/omnibus/ |
Whole-corpus bundle for single-file import or archive. |
There is no docs/reports/ directory. The individual reports live only in knowledge-packs/by-report/.
Corpus Shape
- 10 source reports covering fundamentals, closed-loop formulation, experimental protocols, and specialty dietary constraint layers.
- 3 compiled packs grouped as A-C, D-F, and G-J.
- 1 omnibus file containing the whole corpus.
The recommended default for most AI/RAG workflows is the compiled-pack set.
Operational Frame
This canon is best used when the model needs to answer questions like:
- What physical function did this ingredient provide before it was removed?
- Which phase state is the target food actually operating in?
- Which variable caused the failure: temperature, time, water activity, pH, ionic strength, shear, pressure, or phase geometry?
- What substitution graph restores the lost structure without violating the active dietary, allergen, or digestive constraint?
- Which report should be retrieved for low-carb, high-protein, low-calorie, whole-food, plant-based, allergen-free, or low-FODMAP formulation?
This is formulation knowledge, not medical or allergen-safety authority. Validate clinical, labeling, and safety decisions against qualified sources.