TY - BOOK AU - Myhrvold,Nathan AU - Bilet,Maxime AU - Smith,Ryan Matthew AU - Young,Chris TI - Modernist cuisine: the art and science of cooking SN - 0982761007 PY - 2011/// CY - Bellevue, Wash. (3150 139th Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA 98005) PB - Cooking Lab KW - Cooking KW - Food KW - Gastronomy KW - Molecular gastronomy N1 - Vol. 5 includes bibliographical references, glossary and index to v. 1-5; V. 1. History and fundamentals -- v. 2. Techniques and equipment -- v. 3. Animals and plants -- v. 4. Ingredients and preparations -- v. 5. Plated-dish recipes -- v. 6. Kitchen manual N2 - An overview of the techniques of modern gastronomy. Nathan Myhrvold, Chris Young, and Maxime Bilet -- scientists, inventors, and accomplished cooks in their own right -- have created a six-volume 2,400 page set that reveals science-inspired techniques for preparing food. The authors and their 20 person team at The Cooking Lab have achieved new flavors and textures by using tools such as water baths, homogenizers, centrifuges, and ingredients such as hydrocolloids, emulsifiers, and enzymes ER -