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For those who enjoyed reading this post, I have some recommendations: * Anything by Hervé This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hervé_This#Bibliography http://en.

For those who enjoyed reading this post, I have some recommendations: * Anything by Hervé This (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hervé_This#Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hervé_This#Bibliography) * Nicholas Kurti's "But the Crackling is Superb: An Anthology on Food and Drink by Fellows and Foreign Members of The Royal Society of London" (ISBN 0-7503-0488-X) * Stuff by Heston Blumenthal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heston_Blumenthal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heston_Blumenthal) I first learned of the obsession with perfecting food through understanding the chemistry behind it through Cook & Chemist (http://www.cookandchemist.com http://www.cookandchemist.com). Unfortunately, the two books they have published are in Dutch and there appear to be no translations yet.

davnola 16y ago
May I add 'On Food and Cooking' by Harold McGee (ISBN 0684843285)? McGee also writes at http://curiouscook.com/ http://curiouscook.com/.
- tptacek 16y ago
  On Food And Cooking is an awesome, awesome book. It's on my bookshelf next to my reading chair; I flip it open to a random page any time I get bored. The charts and sidebars alone (for instance, breakdowns of the volatiles in different herbs and spice) are worth the price of admission. It's also written absurdly well.
mtts 16y ago
-1 redundant. These are heros of mine as well. The major influence Heston Blumenthal has had in my (sparsely equipped kitchen) is this: fennel should be microwaved. Wrap the stuff in microwave foil and zap it five times for one minute (leaving time inbetween to allow the heat to dissipate). Best fennel you've ever had. Also works with asparagus.
- whatusername 16y ago
  microwave foil? Am I missing something -- by "zap" it are you really suggesting putting aluminum foil in the microwave -- or is that something else.
  - mtts 16y ago
    Microwave foil is a sturdier version of cling foil. Which is plastic, so perfectly safe to put in the microwave.

davnola 16y ago

May I add 'On Food and Cooking' by Harold McGee (ISBN 0684843285)? McGee also writes at http://curiouscook.com/ http://curiouscook.com/.

tptacek 16y ago
On Food And Cooking is an awesome, awesome book. It's on my bookshelf next to my reading chair; I flip it open to a random page any time I get bored. The charts and sidebars alone (for instance, breakdowns of the volatiles in different herbs and spice) are worth the price of admission. It's also written absurdly well.

mtts 16y ago

-1 redundant. These are heros of mine as well. The major influence Heston Blumenthal has had in my (sparsely equipped kitchen) is this: fennel should be microwaved. Wrap the stuff in microwave foil and zap it five times for one minute (leaving time inbetween to allow the heat to dissipate). Best fennel you've ever had. Also works with asparagus.

whatusername 16y ago
microwave foil? Am I missing something -- by "zap" it are you really suggesting putting aluminum foil in the microwave -- or is that something else.
- mtts 16y ago
  Microwave foil is a sturdier version of cling foil. Which is plastic, so perfectly safe to put in the microwave.