Notable new books from 2013
Browsing through books published in the last year (+ some from 2012), these are the ones I found particularly interesting in the field of food and science:
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Maximizing Food Flavor by Speeding Up the Maillard Reaction
Is there a way to speed up the browning of onions? (Photo: Frying onion from Bigstock) An idea that struck me once was to add baking soda to browning onions. I chopped an onion, melted butter in a frying pan,…
Modernist cuisine at home available for pre-order
What a surprise to see tweets about the new Modernist cuisine at home which will be available for sale in October and is available for pre-order already! Interestingly this book is not an extract for food enthusiasts of the 2400-page…
Books for your Christmas wish list
A couple of books have caught my eye during the year and have naturally made their way into my Christmas wish list (and some I’ve already ordered myself). Please let me know if there are books you belive should be…
Wonders of extraction: Brewing beer
Talking to a friend last year who is an avid home brewer made me realize how little I knew about beer and brewing. Inspired by what I learnt from the conversation I started reading Palmer’s How to brew which is…
Available for pre-order: The Kitchen as Laboratory
A book I’ve been looking forward to for a long time is The Kitchen as Laboratory: Reflections on the Science of Food and Cooking. It is now available for pre-order with expected delivery on January 31st, 2012. Work on the…
Cooking science – condensed matter
The book Cooking science – Condensed matter by Adria Vicenc came out last year, but only recently did it appear on my radar. This 75 page preview suggests that it is part coffee table book and part documentation of modern…
Book review: Ideas in food – Great recipes and why they work
Readers well aquianted with the food blogosphere will likely be familiar with Aki Kamozawa and Alex Talbot’s blog Ideas in food. Since December 2004 they have generously shared pictures, ideas, insights and inspirations online. As chefs they have eagerly integrated…
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Book review: Cooking for geeks
Jeff working on a recipe in his kitchen. (Photo by Shimon Rura. © 2009 Atof Inc.) For a book about food this is a rather unusual book. The author states in the preface that the goal of the book is…