Sneak Peek — First Image of the Modernist Cuisine Set
First image of the Modernist Cuisine set.
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January 21st, 2011
Food Religion
The ideologies, prejudices, semantics, and misnomers of food and the myth of simplicity.
December 16th, 2010
December 2nd, 2010
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.
October 22nd, 2010
Kitchen Tech and Progress
The link between humanity’s development and the evolution of cooking techniques is well-documented and perhaps even obvious. Less apparent, however, is that along the way, many “traditional” chefs and cooks turned up their noses at new and emerging gastronomic tools and techniques of their time.
October 11th, 2010
Dinner with René Redzepi
Nathan, Max and I recently had the pleasure of meeting chef René Redzepi from Noma while he was in Seattle promoting his wonderful new book Noma: Time and Place in Nordic Cuisine. I really admire what René set out to accomplish at Noma and I am impressed by his well-deserved success. René’s sincerity and passion are apparent when you talk to him. And—while he is perfectly fluent in English—his modesty and restraint constantly reminded me that he is very much a Dane.
September 20th, 2010
Does It Matter Why We Love Chocolate?
Looking at Modernist Cuisine as a (nearly) complete body of work, the amount of information and level of detail can seem overwhelming. On the surface, it is tempting to think of the book as a food science research report or textbook – but that is far from the full story. “Where’s the love?” you might ask if you stumbled upon Modernist Cuisine in a bookstore’s cookbook section. The short answer from the MC team would be, “It’s in there!”
August 29th, 2010
Foodies Gone Geek
Dr. Nathan Myhrvold’s presentation at the International Food Bloggers Convention (IFBC) today appeared to be a big hit with the food bloggers in attendance today. Despite the rather scientific nature of the book and the presentation, the audience seemed engaged throughout. The high speed, high definition videos and high resolution photographs elicited cheers from the audience who demanded to see some of them again.
After the presentation, the audience had questions ranging from the definition of an emulsion to the source [...]
August 28th, 2010
When Food Words Fail
Is food blogging its own unique art? The short answer is yes, as I discovered during Kathleen Flinn’s “Writing With All Five Senses” workshop today. This IFBC workshop was packed with professional food bloggers who seemed to have no problem with the seemingly simple exercise of describing a lemon.
August 27th, 2010
The Cooking Lab Reception
Last night, the authors of Modernist Cuisine hosted a small demonstration and reception at The Cooking Lab, where the book was created. (I say “created” rather than “written” because the book contains more original art and research than some universities — but that is for another post). In attendance were approximately 30 food bloggers, many in town for the International Food Bloggers Convention (IFBC) which kicks off later today. I will leave the coverage of the reception itself to the other bloggers [...]
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