Cooking for geeks real science, great cooks, and good food
Cooking for Geeks is more than just a cookbook. Author and cooking geek Jeff Potter helps you apply curiosity, inspiration, and invention to the food you prepare. Why do we bake some things at 350°F / 175°C and others at 375°F / 190°C? Why is medium-rare steak so popular? And just how quickly does a...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Sebastopol, CA
O'Reilly Media
2016
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Edition: | Second edition |
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Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Cooking for Geeks is more than just a cookbook. Author and cooking geek Jeff Potter helps you apply curiosity, inspiration, and invention to the food you prepare. Why do we bake some things at 350°F / 175°C and others at 375°F / 190°C? Why is medium-rare steak so popular? And just how quickly does a pizza cook if you "overclock" an oven to 1,000°F / 540°C? This expanded new edition provides in-depth answers, and lets you experiment with several labs and more than 100 recipes--from the sweet (a patent-violating chocolate chip cookie) to the savory (pulled pork under pressure) |
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Item Description: | Includes index |
Physical Description: | x, 473 pages illustrations |
ISBN: | 149192814X 9781491928141 9781491928134 |