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Kitchen Mysteries Revealing the Science of Cooking

Name: Kitchen Mysteries
Author: H This

Auteur: H This

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: H This

Engels
Paperback
9780231141710
15 juli 2010
232 pagina's

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An international celebrity and founder of molecular gastronomy, or the scientific investigation of culinary practice, Herve This is known for his ground-breaking research into the chemistry and physics behind everyday cooking. His work is consulted widely by amateur cooks and professional chefs and has changed the way food is approached and prepared all over the world. In Kitchen Mysteries, Herve This offers a second helping of his world-renowned insight into the science of cooking, answering such fundamental questions as what causes vegetables to change color when cooked and how to keep a souffle from falling. He illuminates abstract concepts with practical advice and concrete examples--for instance, how sauteing in butter chemically alters the molecules of mushrooms--so that cooks of every stripe can thoroughly comprehend the scientific principles of food. Kitchen Mysteries begins with a brief overview of molecular gastronomy and the importance of understanding the physiology of taste. A successful meal depends as much on a cook's skilled orchestration of taste, odors, colors, consistencies, and other sensations as on the delicate balance of ingredients. Herve then dives into the main course, discussing the science behind many meals' basic components: eggs, milk, bread, sugar, fruit, yogurt, alcohol, and cheese, among other items. He also unravels the mystery of tenderizing enzymes and gelatins and the preparation of soups and stews, salads and sauces, sorbet, cakes, and pastries. Herve explores the effects of boiling, steaming, braising, roasting, deep-frying, sauteing, grilling, salting, and microwaving, and devotes a chapter to kitchen utensils, recommending the best way to refurbish silverware and use copper. By sharing the empirical principles chefs have valued for generations, Herve This adds another dimension to the suggestions of cookbook authors. He shows how to adapt recipes to available ingredients and how to modify proposed methods to the utensils at hand. His revelations make difficult recipes easier to attempt and allow for even more creativity and experimentation. Promising to answer your most compelling kitchen questions, Herve This continues to make the complex science of food digestible to the cook.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 15 juli 2010
Aantal pagina's: 232
Illustraties: Met illustraties

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Hoofdauteur: H This
Hoofduitgeverij: Columbia University Press

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Eerste Vertaler: Jody Gladding

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Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 159 mm
Product hoogte: 19 mm
Product lengte: 210 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 153 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 17 mm
Verpakking lengte: 203 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 439 g

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EAN: 9780231141710

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