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The Food Lab

Better Home Cooking Through Science
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The Food Lab by J. Kenji López-Alt delves into the science behind everyday cooking, offering innovative techniques to create mouth-watering dishes. This book explores how basic scientific principles can transform ordinary ingredients into culinary delights. With an engaging approach, the author provides practical advice and recipes, aiming to enhance both the cooking process and the final result.
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You might enjoy this book if you're a cooking enthusiast keen on understanding the science behind creating mouth-watering dishes. It offers detailed explanations and step-by-step techniques, making it perfect for those who love experimenting in the kitchen and want to elevate their culinary skills.

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The Food Lab

A grand tour of the science of cooking explored through popular dishes.

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J. Kenji López-Alt shows that cooks don't need a state-of-the-art kitchen to cook perfect meals. In a book centred on much-loved dishes, Kenji explores the science behind searing, baking, blanching, and roasting.

In hundreds of easy-to-make recipes with over 1,000 full-colour images illustrating step-by-step instructions, readers will find out how to make perfect roast turkey with crackling skin, how to make extra fluffy or creamy scrambled eggs, and much more.

Combining the unrelenting curiosity of a cheerful science geek with the expert knowledge of a practised chef, The Food Lab gives readers practical tools and new approaches to apply when they next step into the kitchen.

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The Food Lab by J. Kenji López-Alt challenges traditional cooking methods and introduces new techniques for home cooks to achieve superior results. It has been widely recognised, becoming a bestseller in America.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393081084

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 October 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Illustration: Over 1000 color photographs

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 51.0mm

Width: 224.0mm

Height: 274.0mm

Weight: 2986g

Pages: 960

About the Author

J. Kenji López-Alt is a chef, parent, and New York Times best-selling author of The Food Lab, The Wok and Every Night Is Pizza Night. He is a wildly popular New York Times food columnist; cohost of The Recipe podcast with Deb Perelman; and host of Kenji’s Cooking Show, which has more than a million subscribers on YouTube. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

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