Archive: December, 2010

December 31st, 2010

Book review

Review: Keys to Good Cooking

Nathan reviews Harold McGee’s most recent book, Keys to Good Cooking.

December 27th, 2010

Experiment

Inside The Lab with the Modernist Cuisine Kitchen Team: Food Styling

In this sec­ond install­ment of the Inside the Lab series, I will shed some light on how we cap­tured the high-quality, amaz­ingly vivid pho­tographs found in the book.

December 24th, 2010

Recipe

A Modernist Christmas Feast

Maxime shares recipes for a Modernist Christmas feast. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Modernist Cuisine culi­nary team!

December 20th, 2010

Experiment, Recipe

Inside The Lab with the Modernist Cuisine Kitchen Team

The first of the three-part arti­cle series, “Inside the Lab with the Modernist Cuisine Kitchen Team” describes the process by which we devel­oped the recipes for the book.

December 16th, 2010

Uncategorized

Sneak Peek — First Image of the Modernist Cuisine Set

First image of the Modernist Cuisine set.

December 13th, 2010

Experiment, Video

Modernist Cuisine’s Printing Process & Quality

From the very begin­ning of this project, Modernist Cuisine was to be of the high­est pos­si­ble qual­ity. From the depth of the infor­ma­tion and accu­racy of the data, to the res­o­lu­tion of the images and the dura­bil­ity of the paper, the Modernist Cuisine team went to great lengths to ensure that the fin­ished prod­uct would be of the high­est qual­ity. Here are a few exam­ples of what went into the process.

December 8th, 2010

Video

Coffee and Cream

The ther­mal dynam­ics of cof­fee and cream. Watch two high-speed videos and tell us what you think is going on!

December 2nd, 2010

Uncategorized

Meet the Kitchen Team

The Modernist Cuisine team con­sists of more than just the authors. For the past three years, the kitchen team has been devel­op­ing and test­ing the infor­ma­tion for the book. In this post, you will meet the kitchen team and learn a lit­tle about the paths that led them to the Modernist kitchen.