MODERNIST CUISINE AT HOME

The culinary revolution that has transformed restaurant menus around the world is also making its way into home kitchens. Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young and Maxime Bilet are coauthors of the encyclopedic six-volume set Modernist Cuisine, which immediately became the definitive reference for this revolution. Now Myhrvold and Bilet have produced a lavishly illustrated guide for home cooks, complete with all-new recipes tailored for cooking enthusiasts of all skill levels.

Modernist Cuisine at Home is destined to set a new standard for home cookbooks. The authors have collected in this 456-page volume all the essential information that any cook needs to stock a modern kitchen, to master Modernist techniques, and to make hundreds of stunning recipes. The book includes a 230-page, waterproof Kitchen Manual that reproduces every recipe in a separate, portable companion. Drawing on the same commitment to perfection that produced Modernist Cuisine, Modernist Cuisine at Home applies innovations pioneered by The Cooking Lab to refine classic home dishes, from hamburgers and wings to macaroni and cheese. More than 400 new recipes are included, most with step-by-step photos that make it easy to bring dining of the highest quality to your own dinner table.

This book focuses on cooking equipment, techniques, and recipes. Part One details tools, ingredients, and cooking gear that we think are worth having. Equipment once available only to professional chefs or scientists is now being manufactured for the home kitchen; we encourage you to try it. But we also show you how to get by without fancy appliances, such as how to cook fish sous vide in your kitchen sink and how to cook steak in a picnic cooler. Part Two contains 406 recipes, all of which are new. In some cases, we took popular Modernist Cuisine recipes— Caramelized Carrot Soup, Mac and Cheese, and Striped Mushroom Omelet —and developed simpler versions. In general, the food is less formal; you’ll find recipes for Crispy Skinless Chicken Wings and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches. 

Every copy of Modernist Cuisine at Home includes a 230-page, spiral-bound Kitchen Manual printed on washable paper. The Kitchen Manual reproduces each of the 406 recipes and variations, as well as all of the Best Bets tables found in Modernist Cuisine at Home for easy reference.