The Curious Cook: More Kitchen Science and Lore

McGee, Harold

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ISBN 10: 0865474524 ISBN 13: 9780865474529

Published by North Point Pr, San Francisco, 1990

Language: English

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Title

The Curious Cook: More Kitchen Science and Lore

Publisher

North Point Pr, San Francisco

Publication Date

1990

Language

English

ISBN 10

0865474524

ISBN 13

9780865474529

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Printing

1st Printing

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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Examines the biochemistry behind cooking and food preparation, rejecting such common notions as that searing meat seals in juices and that cutting lettuce causes it to brown faster

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Harold McGee earned a B.S. from the California Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. in English from Yale. His first book, On Food and Cooking, won the 1986 Andr Simon Memorial Award. He lives in Palo Alto, California.

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