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.

J. Kenji Lopez-Alt's debut cookbook, The Food Lab, revolutionized home cooking, selling more than half a million copies with its science-based approach to everyday foods. And for fast, fresh cooking for his family, there's one pan Lopez-Alt reaches for more than any other: the wok. Whether stir-frying, deep frying, steaming, simmering, or braising, the wok is the most versatile pan in the kitchen.

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.

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. 

Can you describe how the flavor of halibut differs from red snapper? How Brie differs from cheddar? For most of us, unfortunately, the answer is: badly. Flavor remains a vague, undeveloped concept we don't know enough about to describe - or to appreciate - fully. In Flavor, Bob Holmes shows us just how much we're missing. He tackles questions like why cake tastes sweetest on white plates, how wine experts' eyes fool their noses, and how language affects flavor.

After graduating from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, writer Kathleen Flinn returned with no idea what to do next, until one day at a supermarket she watched a woman loading her cart with ultraprocessed foods. Flinn's "chefternal" instinct kicked in: she persuaded the stranger to reload with fresh foods, offering her simple recipes for healthy, easy meals.

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.

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.

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. 

The Art of Fermentation is the most comprehensive guide to do-it-yourself home fermentation ever published. Sandor Ellix Katz presents the concepts and processes behind fermentation in ways that are simple enough to guide listeners through their first experience making sauerkraut, and in-depth enough to provide greater understanding for experienced practitioners. While Katz contextualizes fermentation in terms of biological and cultural evolution, nutrition, and even economics, this is primarily a compendium of practical information.

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. 

In 2005, Ed Levine was a freelance food writer with an unlikely dream: to control his own fate and create a different kind of food publication. He wanted to unearth the world's best bagels, the best burgers, the best hot dogs - the best of everything edible. To build something for people like him who took everything edible seriously, from the tasting menu at Per Se and omakase feasts at Nobu down to mass-market candy, fast food burgers, and instant ramen.

Is Italian olive oil really Italian, or are we dipping our bread in lamp oil? Why are we masochistically drawn to foods that can hurt us, like hot peppers? Far from being a classic American dish, is apple pie actually...English? Matt Siegel sets out “to uncover the hidden side of everything we put in our mouths”. Siegel also probes subjects ranging from the myths - and realities - of food as aphrodisiac, to how one of the rarest and most exotic spices in all the world (vanilla) became a synonym for uninspired sexual proclivities.

Listen to this book to create a new, healthy mindset and improve your relationship with food. Life is fleeting and full of choices, and the time is now to make a positive change. Reprogram your hunger, discover self-discipline, and conquer those pesky cravings! Cultivating a healthy relationship with food acts as a powerful center for nourishing your soul, and purchasing this book is your first step toward living a more meaningful and fulfilling life! 

Matty Matheson is known as much for his amazing food as his love for life, positive mental attitude, and epic Instagram account. This debut cookbook is about Matty’s memories of the foods that have defined who he is. With a drive to share his zest for life, he creates dishes within these pages that reinterpret the flavors of his youth in Canada, as well as the restaurant fare for which he has become so well-known. This book is like cooking alongside Matty, sharing stories that are equal parts heartwarming and inappropriate while helping you cook dishes that are full of love. 

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.

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.    

The Wood Pellet Smoker Cookbook guide is proposed as a new, innovative, practical and complete idea. The manual is full of details. Ideal for learning from scratch. Useful to improve the art of most experts in smoking and grilling. This guide is suitable for smoked food. You will discover the secrets and the step by step methods. You will learn to use the right utensils, the wood suitable for various types of smoking. Discover all the basic and advanced techniques, hot and cold smoking, rotisserie, and much more.

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.

Matty Matheson is known as much for his amazing food as his love for life, positive mental attitude, and epic Instagram account. This debut cookbook is about Matty’s memories of the foods that have defined who he is. With a drive to share his zest for life, he creates dishes within these pages that reinterpret the flavors of his youth in Canada, as well as the restaurant fare for which he has become so well-known. This book is like cooking alongside Matty, sharing stories that are equal parts heartwarming and inappropriate while helping you cook dishes that are full of love. 

Are you a complete camp cooking newbie? Is making s’mores or roasting marshmallows over a campfire the only kind of campfire cooking you’ve ever done? Or are you looking to refine your campfire cooking skills and expand your repertoire of recipes? In any case, you can count on this book to provide the information and guidance you need to meet your cooking goals. When I’m camping, I’m outdoors, I’m active, and I’m hungry. Food is the best part of camping, but camp cooking can be intimidating if you’ve never done it before.

Do you own an air fryer? Did you think that it could only be used for family meals or when you have guests for dinner? Think again! The air fryer is a fantastic way to cook food that is healthy and easy. It is a fast and safe way of cooking, provides a healthy option, and is easy to clean once it has been used.

Campfire Cooking is a resource for all experience levels when it comes to cooking while camping or RVing. Newcomers to the culinary arts of camping will find a packed guide centers on cooking, providing useful guidance and tips. Experienced campers will also find this guidebook handy, as it covers the important topics in camping along with offering a slew of recipes to try for every occasion.

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.

Upgrade your culinary skills, take your grilling game to the next level, and discover 100 scrumptious ways to get the most out of your Ninja™ Foodi® Grill! The Ninja™ Foodi® Grill is every chef's dream. It is simple and easy to use, cooks meals in ways that are often healthier than traditional methods, and has multiple uses, whether it's frying, baking, roasting, or even dehydration. The versatility of the Ninja™ Foodi® is what makes it so unique. You'll be able to turn simple recipes like soups and stews into a culinary delight.

The Paleo diet is one of the fastest-growing ways of losing weight which has been proven to work for all types of people. Unlike other diets it provides all the essential foods and nutrients required, while maintaining a healthy balance and range of choice, and has quickly become established as one of the healthiest diets around.