Cooking for Geeks
Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food
(Sprache: Englisch)
Are you ready to experiment with food the way you tinker with technology? Bring science into the kitchen and test new food creations by applying the same technical approach you use to debug software or hack hardware. Whether or not you know how to cook,...
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Are you ready to experiment with food the way you tinker with technology? Bring science into the kitchen and test new food creations by applying the same technical approach you use to debug software or hack hardware. Whether or not you know how to cook, with Cooking for Geeks you'll discover a new method to cooking through experiments that let you see the algorithms behind recipes.
Why do some meals turn out great, while others fail? What scientific principles and tools can help guide you in creating new, memorable experiences? And how can you have more fun cooking for friends, coworkers, or a date? This unique cookbook answers these questions and more by using a technical framework to describe exactly what happens in the cooking process.
If you're an experienced cook, Cooking for Geeks will help you improvise recipes and try out new techniques. You'll learn how to cook with water baths (sous-vide), create extracts via centrifuge, and develop new recipes through an understanding of flavor profiles. Most cookbooks present "code," and you execute its instructions without knowing how to create new code. With this book, you'll understand the "why" behind the "what," and be able to reduce the complex system of expectations, perceptions, and processes to a roadmap between the store, kitchen, and table.
Why do some meals turn out great, while others fail? What scientific principles and tools can help guide you in creating new, memorable experiences? And how can you have more fun cooking for friends, coworkers, or a date? This unique cookbook answers these questions and more by using a technical framework to describe exactly what happens in the cooking process.
If you're an experienced cook, Cooking for Geeks will help you improvise recipes and try out new techniques. You'll learn how to cook with water baths (sous-vide), create extracts via centrifuge, and develop new recipes through an understanding of flavor profiles. Most cookbooks present "code," and you execute its instructions without knowing how to create new code. With this book, you'll understand the "why" behind the "what," and be able to reduce the complex system of expectations, perceptions, and processes to a roadmap between the store, kitchen, and table.
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Are you the innovative type, the cook who marches to a different drummer -- used to expressing your creativity instead of just following recipes? Are you interested in the science behind what happens to food while it's cooking? Do you want to learn what makes a recipe work so you can improvise and create your own unique dish?More than just a cookbook, Cooking for Geeks applies your curiosity to discovery, inspiration, and invention in the kitchen. Why is medium-rare steak so popular? Why do we bake some things at 350
Are you the innovative type, the cook who marches to a different drummer -- used to expressing your creativity instead of just following recipes? Are you interested in the science behind what happens to food while it's cooking? Do you want to learn what makes a recipe work so you can improvise and create your own unique dish?
More than just a cookbook, Cooking for Geeks applies your curiosity to discovery, inspiration, and invention in the kitchen. Why is medium-rare steak so popular? Why do we bake some things at 350° F/175° C and others at 375° F/190° C? And how quickly does a pizza cook if we overclock an oven to 1,000° F/540° C? Author and cooking geek Jeff Potter provides the answers and offers a unique take on recipes -- from the sweet (a "mean" chocolate chip cookie) to the savory (duck confit sugo).
This book is an excellent and intriguing resource for anyone who wants to experiment with cooking, even if you don't consider yourself a geek.
- Initialize your kitchen and calibrate your tools
- Learn about the important reactions in cooking, such as protein denaturation, Maillard reactions, and caramelization, and how they impact the foods we cook
- Play with your food using hydrocolloids and sous vide cooking
- Gain firsthand insights from interviews with researchers, food scientists, knife experts, chefs, writers, and more, including author Harold McGee, TV personality Adam Savage, chemist Hervé This, and xkcd "My own session with the book made me feel a lot more confident in my cooking." -- Monica Racic,The New Yorker
"I LOVE this book. It's inspiring, invigorating, and damned fun to spend time inside the mind of 'big picture' cooking. I'm Hungry!" -- Adam Savage, co-host of Discovery Channel's MythBusters
"In his enchanting, funny, and informative book, Cooking for Geeks (O'Reilly), Jeff Potter tells us why things work in the kitchen and why they don't." -- Barbara Hanson, NewYork Daily News
More than just a cookbook, Cooking for Geeks applies your curiosity to discovery, inspiration, and invention in the kitchen. Why is medium-rare steak so popular? Why do we bake some things at 350° F/175° C and others at 375° F/190° C? And how quickly does a pizza cook if we overclock an oven to 1,000° F/540° C? Author and cooking geek Jeff Potter provides the answers and offers a unique take on recipes -- from the sweet (a "mean" chocolate chip cookie) to the savory (duck confit sugo).
This book is an excellent and intriguing resource for anyone who wants to experiment with cooking, even if you don't consider yourself a geek.
- Initialize your kitchen and calibrate your tools
- Learn about the important reactions in cooking, such as protein denaturation, Maillard reactions, and caramelization, and how they impact the foods we cook
- Play with your food using hydrocolloids and sous vide cooking
- Gain firsthand insights from interviews with researchers, food scientists, knife experts, chefs, writers, and more, including author Harold McGee, TV personality Adam Savage, chemist Hervé This, and xkcd "My own session with the book made me feel a lot more confident in my cooking." -- Monica Racic,The New Yorker
"I LOVE this book. It's inspiring, invigorating, and damned fun to spend time inside the mind of 'big picture' cooking. I'm Hungry!" -- Adam Savage, co-host of Discovery Channel's MythBusters
"In his enchanting, funny, and informative book, Cooking for Geeks (O'Reilly), Jeff Potter tells us why things work in the kitchen and why they don't." -- Barbara Hanson, NewYork Daily News
Autoren-Porträt von Jeff Potter
Jeff Potter has done the cubicle thing, the startup thing, and the entrepreneur thing, and through it all maintained his sanity by cooking for friends. He lives in Cambridge, MA.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Jeff Potter
- 2010, 432 Seiten, Maße: 20,5 x 23,7 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: O'Reilly Media
- ISBN-10: 0596805888
- ISBN-13: 9780596805883
Sprache:
Englisch
Rezension zu „Cooking for Geeks “
"Wer des Englischen mächtig ist, und das nötige Maßan geekiness mitbringt, findet in diesem kleinen Buch alles,jawohl: alles!, was er über das Kochen wissen muss [...] von denwichtigsten Vorgängen bei der Garung über eine brauchbareDefinition der Molekularküche, Psychologie des Essens,historische Zusammenhänge ¿ ¿ alles drin! Und dabei auch nochunterhaltsam zu lesen [...]." - effilee.de, Mai 2011
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