Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Cooks, and Good Food

Why will we cook dinner the way in which we do? Are you the progressive kind, used to expressing your creativity as a substitute of simply following recipes? Do you need to be taught to be a greater cook dinner or curious in regards to the science behind what occurs to meals because it cooks?

More than only a cookbook, Cooking for Geeks applies your curiosity to discovery, inspiration, and invention within the kitchen. Why will we bake some issues at 350°F/175°C and others at 375°F/190°C? Why is medium-rare steak so in style? And simply how shortly does a pizza cook dinner if we overclock an oven to 1,000 F/540 C? Author and cooking geek Jeff Potter supplies the solutions to those questions and extra, and presents his distinctive tackle recipes — from the candy (a patent-violating chocolate chip cookie) to the savory (slow-cooked brisket).

This guide is a wonderful and intriguing useful resource for anybody who enjoys cooking or needs to experiment within the kitchen.

• Discover what kind of cook dinner you might be and calibrate your instruments
• Learn in regards to the vital reactions in cooking, similar to protein denaturation, Maillard reactions, and caramelization, and how they affect the meals we cook dinner
• Gain firsthand insights from interviews with researchers, meals scientists, knife specialists, cooks, writers, and extra, together with writer Harold McGee, TV persona Adam Savage, and chemist Hervé This