Building a Meal: From Molecular Gastronomy to Culinary Constructivism

By Hervé This

Book Overview

An internationally renowned chemist, popular television personality, and bestselling author, Herv This heads the first laboratory devoted to molecular gastronomy--the scientific exploration of cooking and eating. By testing recipes that have guided cooks for centuries, and the various dictums and maxims on which they depend, Herv This unites the head with the hand in order to defend and transform culinary practice.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231144660
• ISBN13: 9780231144667
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher