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Item Details
| Title:
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COOKING
THE QUINTESSENTIAL ART |
| By: |
Herve This, Pierre Gagnaire, M. B. DeBevoise (Trans) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£21.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0520265947 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780520265943 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2010 |
| Series: |
California Studies in Food and Culture 23 |
| Pages: |
368 |
| Description: |
Investigates the question of culinary beauty in a series of dialogues. This book explores a variety of topics and elaborates a revolutionary method for judging the art of cooking. It provide insights into the creative inspiration of one of the world's foremost chefs. |
| Synopsis: |
From its intriguing opening question - 'How can we reasonably judge a meal?' - to its rewarding conclusion, this beautiful book picks up where Brillat-Savarin left off almost two centuries ago. Herve This, a cofounder (with the late physicist Nicholas Kurti) of the new approach to studying the scientific basis of cooking known as molecular gastronomy, investigates the question of culinary beauty in a series of playful, lively, and erudite dialogues. Considering the place of cuisine in Western culture, This explores an astonishing variety of topics and elaborates a revolutionary method for judging the art of cooking. Many of the ideas he introduces in this culinary romance are illustrated by dishes created by Pierre Gagnaire, whose engaging commentaries provide rare insights into the creative inspiration of one of the world's foremost chefs. The result is an enthralling, sophisticated, freewheeling dinner party of a book that also makes a powerful case for openness and change in the way we think about food. |
| Illustrations: |
7 line illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of California Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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