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More copies of this ISBNModernist Cuisine at Homeby Nathan Myhrvold and Maxime Bilet
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:The culinary revolution that has transformed restaurant menus around the world is also making its way into home kitchens. The Cooking Lab, publisher of the encyclopedic six-volume set Modernist Cuisine, which immediately became the definitive reference for this revolution, has now produced a lavishly illustrated guide for home cooks, complete with all-new recipes tailored for cooking enthusiasts of all skill levels. Modernist Cuisine at Home, by Nathan Myhrvold with Maxime Bilet, is destined to set a new standard for home cookbooks. The authors have collected in this 456-page volume all the essential information that any cook needs to stock a modern kitchen, to master Modernist techniques, and to make hundreds of stunning recipes. The book includes a spiral-bound Kitchen Manual that reprints all of the recipes and reference tables on waterproof, tear-resistant paper. Drawing on the same commitment to perfection that produced Modernist Cuisine, Modernist Cuisine at Home applies innovations pioneered by The Cooking Lab to refine classic home dishes, from hamburgers and wings to macaroni and cheese. More than 400 new recipes are included, most with step-by-step photos that make it easy to bring dining of the highest quality to your own dinner table.
Among the amazing techniques you'll find are:
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Cooking like a Modernist chef at home requires the right set of tools, but they're less expensive and easier to find than you might think. You'll also learn how to get the best out of the kitchen appliances you already own. Learn how to use your microwave oven to steam fish and vegetables to perfection, make exceptional beef jerky, and fry delicate herbs. The first 100 pages of the book are a trove of useful information, such as:
Modernist Cuisine at Home is an indispensable guide for anyone who is passionate about food and cooking. Review:"It is instructive to know that before Myhrvold became an expert on the science of cooking, he was the first chief technology officer at Microsoft. Aided by deft, culinary handyman Bilet, he has assembled a 'device' that is as visually stunning as it is scientifically vigorous and mathematically complex. Essentially a desktop version of the authors' 2,400-page mainframe (Modernist Cuisine, 2011), the book is divided into two sections. Part one focuses on the machinery of the modernist kitchen, exploring the tools needed to pull off such inventive restaurant techniques as sous vide, and expounding upon the joys of whipping siphons, blowtorches, and pressure cookers. Many of the accompanying photos provide striking cutaway views of gadgets. It's Popular Science on steroids. Part two is a collection of 406 recipes, primarily comfort foods that have found their way into a lab to have their DNA experimented upon. There are more than a dozen variants of chicken noodle soup, from pho to goulash broth, and nine types of mac and cheese, including a mac with jack and stilton. Each entry is a study in metric system precision, with ingredient charts listing not only amounts (in grams), but also volume, as well as a scaling percentage to be used in calculating the number of servings. Photos illuminate every step of the instructions for more than 100 of the recipes, and notations are made when special equipment and ingredients are required. As a result, it is a safe bet that their turkey confit recipe is one of the very few places where the terms needle-nose pliers and duck fat can be found listed side by side.' (Oct.)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Review:"Modernist Cuisine at Home offers useful techniques and solutions that expand our abilities, and it provides us with a practiced and thorough understanding of why things happen the way they do. Most importantly, it ignites a curiosity within and compels us to ask ourselves not 'What should we make for dinner?' but rather, 'What can we make for dinner?'" Thomas Keller
Review:"Modernist Cuisine at Home is destined to change the way we cook — and the way we use recipes. For all of us who cook regularly, this book opens up a whole new world of possibilities. It is full of insights that encourage us to try something new, and that teach us something on every single page." Martha Stewart
About the AuthorDr. Nathan Myhrvold is chief executive officer and a founder of Intellectual Ventures, a firm dedicated to creating and investing in inventions. In addition to stimulating the invention of others, Myhrvold is himself an active inventor, with nearly 250 patents issued or pending — including several related to food technology. Before founding his invention company, Myhrvold was the first chief technology officer at Microsoft. He established Microsoft Research, and during his tenure he oversaw many advanced technology projects. He left Microsoft in 1999 to pursue several interests, including a lifelong interest in cooking and food science.
Myhrvold competed on a team that won first place in several categories at the 1991 World Championship of Barbecue, including first prize in the special pasta category for a recipe that Myhrvold developed on the day of the contest. After working for two years as a stagier at Seattle’s top French restaurant, Rover’s, Myhrvold completed culinary training with renowned chef Anne Willan at the Ecole De La Varenne. In addition, he has worked as Chief Gastronomic Officer for Zagat Survey, publisher of the popular Zagat restaurant guidebooks. Through his many visits to the world’s top restaurants, Myhrvold has become personally acquainted with many of the leading Modernist chefs and the science-inspired cooking techniques they have pioneered. Myhrvold is himself an accomplished practitioner of Modernist cuisine. He has contributed original research on cooking sous vide to online culinary forums, and his sous vide techniques have been covered in the New York Times magazine, Wired, and PBS’s Gourmet’s Diary of a Foodie television series. Myhrvold’s formal education includes degrees in mathematics, geophysics, and space physics from UCLA, and PhDs in mathematical economics and theoretical physics from Princeton University. In his post-doctoral work at Cambridge University, Myhrvold worked on quantum theories of gravity with the renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking. Maxime Bilet received a BA in creative writing, literature, and visual arts from Skidmore College. Bilet then graduated with highest honors from the Institute of Culinary Education in New York. He completed a stage at Jack’s Luxury Oyster Bar and was quickly hired to the head chef position there by Jack Lamb. Moving to London, he accepted a stage with Heston Blumenthal’s development team at The Fat Duck. Just prior to joining the culinary team as head chef for recipe research and development at The Cooking Lab, Bilet trained as sous chef to open the London branch of Auberge de L’Ile. In 2011, Bilet was named to Forbes magazine’s 30 Under 30 list in the category of Food and Wine. Table of ContentsPART ONE : STOCKING THE MODERNIST KITCHEN Chapter 1: Countertop Tools Invaluable Modern Tools Digital Scales Digital Thermometers Silicone Mats and Molds Microplanes Blenders Mixers and Frothers Ice-Cream Makers Blowtorches Jaccards Injectors Sieves and Strainers Whipping Siphons Juicers Dehydrators Chapter 2: Conventional Cooking Gear Stoves Pots and Pans Pressure Cookers Conventional Ovens Combi Ovens Microwave Ovens Grills Chapter 3: Sous Vide Cooking Gear Four Simple Steps Getting the Air Out Cooking Sous Vide Chapter 4: Modern Ingredients Uncommon Ingredients Not Your Parents’ Supermarket Walk on the Wild Side Unusual Fruits and Vegetables Foraged Foods PART TWO: RECIPES Chapter 5: Composing and Plating Textures Flavor Combinations Plate-Up Techniques Menus Timing Chapter 6: Basics Stocks Pressure-Cooked White Chicken Stock Brown Beef Stock Sous Vide Fish Stock Sous Vide Vegetable Stock Corn Stock Mushroom Jus Redeye Gravy Brown Chicken Jus Red Wine Sauce Home Jus Gras Sauces Pan Gravy Fluid Gel Common Problems When Thickening and Gelling Pressure-Cooked Gravy Pistachio Pesto Pesto Variations Mughal Curry Sauce Curry Sauce Variations Sous Vide Hollandaise Basic Mayonnaise Mayonnaise Variations Not-So-Secret Special Sauce Ketchup Salsa Verde Marinara Marinara Variations Strawberry Marinara Thai Sweet, Sour, and Savory Glaze Oils and Fats Sous Vide Lemon Herb Oil House Vinaigrette Spiced Chili Oil Montpelier Butter Stovetop Carotene Butter Pressure-Cooked Shellfish Butter Pressure-Rendered Chicken Fat Condiments Grilled Applesauce Pressure-Cooked Pickled Mustard Seeds Garlic Confit Pressure-Cooked Caramelized Onions Tomato Confit Tomato Leather Pickled Vegetables Vacuum-Infused Celery Brining Basic Brine for Poultry Sweet Brine for Meat Fish Brine Marinade Marinade Variations Spice Mixes Special Curry Spice Chaat Masala Fish Spice Mix Pain d’Epices Powder Chili Spice Mix Basic Meat Rub Chapter 7: Breakfast Eggs Egg Textures French Scrambled Eggs Omelet Fillings Steamed Omelet Striped Mushroom Omelet Mushroom Puree Cream of Mushroom Variation Shiitake Marmalade Eggs Sunny-Side Up Chapter 8: Salads and Cold Soups Raspberry Gazpacho Fruit Minestrone Sous Vide Vichyssoise Onion Slaw Engineering a Great Salad Green Salad Pressure-Cooked Quinoa Salad with Cauliflower Pressure-Cooked Chickpea Salad Sous Vide Tuna Confit Pressure-Cooked Lentil Salad Chapter 9: Pressure-Cooked Vegetable Soups Caramelized Carrot Soup Caramelized Vegetable Soup Variations Pressure-Cooked Vegetable Jus Pressure-Cooked Vegetables Pressure-Cooked Barley Vegetable Soup Plate-Up and Presentation Chapter 10: Steak Sous Vide Steak Low-Temp Oven Steak Sous Vide Steak in a Cooler Creamed Spinach Grilled Steak Grilled Pork Chop Lamb Skewers Chapter 11: Cheeseburger and Milk Shake Modernist Hamburger Patty White Sandwich Bread Ultrafrothy Milk Shake Cheeseburger Assembly Meatloaf Sandwich Chapter 12: Carnitas Pressure-Cooked Carnitas Carnitas Variations Crispy Pork Chicharrón Refried Bean Foam Pressure-Cooked Spiced Black Beans Pressure-Cooked Pork Belly Adobo Chapter 13: Short Ribs Sous Vide Short Ribs Potato Puree Pork Belly B.L.T. Lamb Curry Chapter 14: Roast Chicken Home Roast Chicken Roast Chicken Variations Baked Chicken with Onions Sous Vide Chicken Sous Vide Turkey Legs Sous Vide Turkey Breast Chapter 15: Chicken Wings Sous Vide Buffalo Wings Crispy Chicken Wings, Korean-Style Crispy Fried Chicken Wings Boneless Yakitori Wings Tsukune Skewer Variations Buffalo Sauce Honey Mustard Sauce Yakitori Sauce Korean Wing Sauce Blue Cheese Sauce Chinese Garlic Chili Condiment Chapter 16: Chicken Noodle Soup Aromatic Chicken Broth Aromatic Broth and Soup Variations Fresh Noodles Dressed Noodle Variations Pressure-Cooked Carrots and Leeks Chicken Noodle Soup Chapter 17: Salmon Fragrant Sous Vide Salmon Crispy Fish Skin Selecting Salmon Chapter 18: Shellfish Lobster Roll Poached Lobster Variation Mussels Marinière Clams in Chowder Sauce Sous Vide Braised Snails Chapter 19: Pizza Neapolitan Pizza Dough Rustic Pizza Dough Poolish No-Knead Pizza Dough Pizza Margherita Oven-Fried Pizza Pizza Toppings Chapter 20: Mac and Cheese Mac and Cheese Cheese Variations Baked Mac and Cheese “Fat-Free” Mac and Cheese Cheese Crumble Perfect Melting Cheese Slice Grilled Cheese Sandwiches Chapter 21: Risotto and Paella Parcooked Vegetable Risotto Pressure-Cooked Paella del Bosco Risotto and Paella Variations Chapter 22: Cornmeal Pressure-Cooked Polenta Shrimp and Grits Fresh Corn Tamale Hush Puppy Variation Chapter 23: Dishes for the Microwave Microwave Eggplant Parmesan Sichuan Bok Choy Bok Choy Variations Microwaved Trout with Scallions and Ginger Microwaved Fish Variations Microwaved Beef Jerky Crispy Beef Strands Crispy Beef and Shallot Salad Microwave-Fried Herbs Instant Chocolate Cake Instant Cake Variations Chapter 24: Custards and Pies Coffee Crème Brûlée Vanilla Panna Cotta Lemon Posset Sous Vide Lemon Curd Sous Vide Crème Anglaise Pistachio Gelato Gelato Variations Short and Flaky Pastry Dough Sous Vide Pastry Cream What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!Average customer rating based on 3 comments: 
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