The spectacular culinary creations of modern cuisine are the stuff of countless articles and social media feeds. But to a scientist they are also perfect pedagogical explorations into the basic scientific principles of cooking. In Science and Cooking, Harvard professors Michael Brenner, Pia Sörensen, and David Weitz bring the classroom to your kitchen to teach the physics and chemistry underlying every recipe. 

As Serious Eats's culinary nerd-in-residence, J. Kenji Lopez-Alt has pondered all these questions and more. Kenji shows that often, conventional methods don't work that well, and home cooks can achieve far better results using new - but simple - techniques. In hundreds of easy-to-make recipes, you will find out how to make foolproof Hollandaise sauce in just two minutes, how to transform one simple tomato sauce into a half dozen dishes, how to make the crispiest, creamiest potato casserole ever conceived, and much more. 

When you're cooking, you're a chemist! Every time you follow or modify a recipe you are experimenting with acids and bases, emulsions and suspensions, gels and foams. In your kitchen you denature proteins, crystallize compounds, react enzymes with substrates, and nurture desired microbial life while suppressing harmful microbes. And unlike in a laboratory, you can eat your experiments to verify your hypotheses.

A visionary new master class in cooking that distills decades of professional experience into just four simple elements, from the woman declared "America's next great cooking teacher" by Alice Waters.

Herbs and spices are amazing healers, and they are delicious as well. They have been used to flavor food and heal the body for centuries. Spices and herbs work well together in order to make food taste better and keep the body in good health. They can relieve the symptoms of a cold or help to stop cholesterol from forming in your arteries. They are antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, and they contain all kinds of vitamins and minerals that can help your immune system work better.

Through the insightful essays in An Everlasting Meal, Tamar Adler issues a rallying cry to home cooks. In chapters about boiling water, cooking eggs and beans, and summoning respectable meals from empty cupboards, Tamar weaves philosophy and instruction into approachable lessons on instinctive cooking. Tamar shows how to make the most of everything you buy, demonstrating what the world’s great chefs know: that great meals rely on the bones and peels and ends of meals before them.    

Eating is an indispensable human activity. As a result, whether we realize it or not, the drive to obtain food has been a major catalyst across all of history, from prehistoric times to the present. Epicure Jean-Anthelme Brillat-Savarin said it best: "Gastronomy governs the whole life of man."

You wake up and feel a tickle in your throat. Your head hurts. You’re mildly annoyed as you get the kids ready for school and dress for work yourself. Meanwhile, an epic war is being fought, just below your skin. Millions are fighting and dying for you to be able to complain as you head out the door. So what, exactly, is your immune system? In Immune, Philipp Dettmer, the brains behind the most popular science channel on YouTube, takes listeners on a journey through the fortress of the human body and its defenses. 

Discover the critical link between your brain and the food you eat, change the way you think about how your brain ages, and achieve optimal brain performance with this powerful new guide from media personality and leading voice in health Max Lugavere.

For succulent results every time, nothing is more crucial than understanding the science behind the interaction of food, fire, heat, and smoke. This is the definitive guide to the concepts, methods, equipment, and accessories of barbecue and grilling. The founder and editor of the world's most popular BBQ and grilling website, amazingribs.com, Meathead Goldwyn applies the latest research to backyard cooking more than 100 thoroughly tested recipes.

This updated and expanded edition of Dr. Berry’s best seller Lies My Doctor Told Me exposes the truth behind all kinds of “lies” told by well-meaning but misinformed medical practitioners. Nutritional therapy is often overlooked in medical school, and the information provided to physicians is often outdated. However, the negative consequences on your health remain the same. Advice to avoid healthy fats and stay out of the sun has been proven to be detrimental to longevity and can wreak havoc on your system.

When Aaron Franklin and his wife, Stacy, opened up a small barbecue trailer on the side of an Austin, Texas, interstate in 2009, they had no idea what they’d gotten themselves into. Today, Franklin Barbecue has grown into the most popular, critically lauded, and obsessed-over barbecue joint in the country (if not the world) - and Franklin is the winner of every major barbecue award there is. In this much-anticipated debut, Franklin and coauthor Jordan Mackay unlock the secrets behind truly great barbecue and share years’ worth of hard-won knowledge. 

Why is red meat red? How do they decaffeinate coffee? Do you wish you understood the science of food but don't want to plow through dry, technical books? In What Einstein Told His Cook, University of Pittsburgh chemistry professor emeritus and award-winning Washington Post food columnist Robert L. Wolke provides reliable and witty explanations for your most burning food questions, while debunking misconceptions and helping you interpret confusing advertising and labeling.

Every home cook has thoughts on the right and wrong ways to use spices. These beliefs are passed down in family recipes and pronounced by television chefs, but where do such ideas come from? Many are little better than superstition, and most serve only to reinforce a cook's sense of superiority or cover for their insecurities. It doesn't have to be this way. These notes On Spice come from three generations of a family in the spice trade, and dozens upon dozens of their collected spice guides and stories. 

Whether you're a complete beginner to cooking sous vide with a machine like the Anova Sous Vide Precision Cooker, or you're a seasoned expert looking for more mind-blowing recipes to liven up your meals with, you're going to discover a host of tips and recipes that will take your culinary skills to the next level!

A visionary new master class in cooking that distills decades of professional experience into just four simple elements, from the woman declared "America's next great cooking teacher" by Alice Waters.

Have you just got your hands on an air fryer and have been grappling with the idea of how to use it? Or have you run out of delicious and healthy recipes for your Air Fryer? Are you concerned about your health and nutrition and want Air Fryer to add value to your healthy lifestyle?  If your answer is yes, Air Fryer Cookbook for Beginners is exactly what you are looking for. With numerous easy-to-make, healthy and time-saving recipes, Airfryer Cookbook for Beginners can solve all your kitchen woes.

As Serious Eats's culinary nerd-in-residence, J. Kenji Lopez-Alt has pondered all these questions and more. Kenji shows that often, conventional methods don't work that well, and home cooks can achieve far better results using new - but simple - techniques. In hundreds of easy-to-make recipes, you will find out how to make foolproof Hollandaise sauce in just two minutes, how to transform one simple tomato sauce into a half dozen dishes, how to make the crispiest, creamiest potato casserole ever conceived, and much more. 

Cooking with air fryer is a technique that is healthy, not greasy, and easy to clean up. In this book, you will find plenty of savory, salty, crispy, easy-to-cook meals to suit everyone's tastes. It combines traditional and original recipes that for sure will whet your appetite. In addition, they are also healthy and will not mess up your kitchen!

Do you always hear talk about marijuana used in a medical way? Do you know that you can use this medicine in different recipes? The most common way of using medical marijuana is by smoking it, yet there are healthier and more effective ways of experiencing its benefits, for example you can also ingest it. Compared with smoking, ingesting offers the biggest advantage of preventing dangerous carcinogenic chemicals and tar from entering the body's respiratory system. 

Be Happier and Healthier Starting Today! Are You Tired of Feeling Out Of Shape? Want to Start A Diet That Will Allow You to Change Your Life Forever? If you answered "YES" to any of the above questions then you'll want to grab this book and learn how a low-carb, high-fat ketogenic diet might be right for you. No longer starve yourself when dieting. The wonderful thing about eating a ketogenic diet is you never having that hungry feeling that comes with most other traditional diets. No longer equate dieting with suffering!

After many decades, marijuana has finally been recognized as a product of immense benefits for health and psychophysical well-being. Numerous studies have shown its beneficial properties, and many states have also started to legalize it. However, at the same time, when people improvise with inexperience in preparing cannabis dishes, their enthusiasm turns off as soon as they taste it.

How does soap know what's dirt? How do magnets work? Why do ice cubes crackle in your glass? And how can you keep them quiet? These are questions that torment us all. Now Robert L. Wolke, professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, provides definitive - and amazingly simple - explanations for the mysteries of everyday life.

Unlock the full power of the air fryer to prepare healthy, delicious meals that will transform your life! The air fryer is indeed a revolutionary work of art and science. With its ability to air fry literally anything with little or no fat, nothing in this world beats that at preparing perfectly crispy fried food without all the grease that deep-fried food has. So, if you thought you had to give up on deep-fried chicken, fries, doughnuts, hash browns and other traditionally fried foods that ordinarily have high amounts of unhealthy fat/grease, think again.

Do you want to make unique and delicious cannabis-infused edibles such as sweets, candies, hot drinks, snacks, salads, dressings, salsas, or perhaps a variety of main courses? If your answer is yes, stop looking! You just found the right book! Buy this book now, and get started today! Cannabis-pervaded products, commonly referred to as edibles, deliver additional options to patients who cannot or would rather not smoke their marijuana. Edibles come in several different varieties, including brownies, candy, chocolate bars, cookies, drinks, pills, snacks, spreads, and much more.

Discover how to bake bread - without the gluten, the sugar, and artificial ingredients! Delicious, low-carb, and incredibly delicious ketogenic bread. That's what you're going to get by the end of this audiobook. In this outstanding cookbook, you have a chance to enjoy bread even if you're eating ketogenic! You don't have to avoid the things you love anymore, you can have sandwiches at work once again, and you can even enjoy a 100 percent hot ketogenic bread that you can easily make at the comfort of your home.

Keto has become a household name around the world. It’s not only the weight loss that’s causing it to be the best diet out there. The keto diet is instrumental in the improvement of many health conditions. It is known to help regulate insulin, which is a major benefit for diabetics. Many who lead a keto lifestyle report that the changes in their diet has helped them to think with more clarity, release stress, and elevates their mood. The keto lifestyle is making people happier and healthier.

This book covers everything you need to know about fermenting vegetables and herbs - the tools and equipment needed, preparing your veggies and herbs for fermentation, starter cultures, preparing the brine, and a step-by-step method to ferment almost any vegetable. In other words, this book has all the information you need to turn every fermenting novice into a professional. 

Do you want to make delicious cannabis dishes and edibles easily and quickly from scratch? Marijuana is a very tough ingredient to cook with because it has a very particular taste, and you need to know how to treat it. But don't worry, if you are someone looking for a delicious remedy to relieve your pain or someone who wants to add healthy fun to his recipes, Nolan Wood, an executive chef in a Las Vegas casino for 20 years, will guide you in many step-by-step recipes.

With this book, you will learn how tracking your daily food consumption can genuinely help you drop those pounds while enjoying delicious foods. You will begin with the main dishes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, including beef, pork, chicken, and several tasty beverages and desserts. You will discover many new ways to prepare meals you enjoy while maintaining a fulfilling diet plan. If you are still on the fence about starting out with the keto diet, take the time to look at the contents that we will be covering in this book.