Archive: December, 2011

December 28th, 2011

Update

Behind the Scenes at a Lab Dinner, Part 3

In the third part of this series, we finally delve into what it’s like to both serve and eat 33 courses at a Cooking Lab din­ner. Part 1 chron­i­cled the shop­ping trip to the Farmers’ Market, and part 2 detailed the amount of prep work such a dinner takes.

Small Portions Add Up

This din­ner can­not be fully appre­ci­ated with­out first look­ing at the epic size of its menu (click each page to enlarge):

This menu could very well be an entire restaurant’s menu, but each guest would be [...]

December 27th, 2011

Update

What Would You Like to See from Us in 2012?

As we announced last week, Scott Heimendinger, from Seattle Food Geek, will be join­ing the MC team as our Business Developer...and Modernist Cuisine Evangelist! And yes, that does mean that we have future plans, which may or may not already be in the works (sorry for the secrecy, but we promise that we’ll announce any­thing here first!).

We want to know what YOU would like to see from us in the New Year.

Products?
Recipes?
Books?
Videos?
Events?
Prints?
Apps?
Translations?

The more you tell us what you want, the more [...]

December 23rd, 2011

Update

Coffee: Because, Damn It, We’re from Seattle

Nathan Myhrvold on cof­fee at Seattle Town Hall from Modernist Cuisine on Vimeo.

When Nathan Myhrvold recently spoke at Seattle’s Town Hall, he made sure to ded­i­cate at least a few min­utes of his speech to the topic of cof­fee. This was for the same rea­son there’s a whole chap­ter of MC ded­i­cated to the sub­ject: “Because, damn it, we’re from Seattle!” he exclaimed. Watch the video, and you might learn a thing or two...even if you’re a Seattleite, born and raised.

December 22nd, 2011

Recipe

New Recipes: Buckeyes & Eggnog

These buck­eyes are gluten-free and require no baking!

Move over milk and cook­ies, we’ll be leav­ing our Popping Buckeyes and Eggnog Foam Cocktails out for Santa this year. If, that is, we don’t devour them our­selves! We give our buck­eyes a kick with pas­try rocks (sim­i­lar to Pop Rocks candy) and lit­er­ally whip up some infused cream and eggs to top off tea and cof­fee for our Modernist take on eggnog.

You can find the recipes, as well as a video, tips, and [...]

December 21st, 2011

Update

Scott from Seattle Food Geek Is Joining the MC Team!

We wel­come a famous foodie as the newest mem­ber of The Cooking Lab.

December 20th, 2011

Event

Behind the Scenes at a Lab Dinner, Part 2

The sec­ond in our three-part series reveals how Maxime and the research cooks chore­o­graph the ulti­mate din­ner party.

December 19th, 2011

Event, Press, Update

Maxime in Europe; Named One of 30 Under 30 in Forbes

The coau­thor of Modernist Cuisine makes Forbes’s pres­ti­gious list of young super­stars in food and wine.

December 16th, 2011

Update

What to Buy a Foodie for the Holidays

The MC team shares some of the things they have added to their wish lists this year.

December 15th, 2011

Recipe

New Recipes in the Library: Risottos

This para­met­ric recipe from the pages of Modernist Cuisine offers sev­eral great recipes for risot­tos based on a vari­ety of grains and vegetables.

December 14th, 2011

Press, Update

Physics World Names MC in 2011 Top 10 List!

The pres­ti­gious sci­ence mag­a­zine calls Modernist Cuisine “the ulti­mate ref­er­ence book for all chefs and aspir­ing cooks.”