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On Food and Cooking : The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee is a cooking available to read on EtoBox.

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<br> Harold McGee's <i>On Food and Cooking</i> is a kitchen classic. Hailed by <i>Time</i> magazine as "a minor masterpiece" when it first appeared in 1984, <i>On Food and Cooking</i> is the bible to which food lovers and professional chefs worldwide turn for an understanding of where our foods come from, what exactly they're made of, and how cooking transforms them into something new and delicious. <p>Now, for its twentieth anniversary, Harold McGee has prepared a new, fully revised and updated edition of <i>On Food and Cooking.</i> He has rewritten the text almost completely, expanded it by two-thirds, and commissioned more than 100 new illustrations. As compulsively readable and engaging as ever, the new <i>On Food and Cooking</i> provides countless eye-opening insights into food, its preparation, and its enjoyment.</p> <p><i>On Food and Cooking</i> pioneered the translation of technical food science into cook-friendly kitchen science and helped give birth to the inventive culinary movement known as "molecular gastronomy." Though other books have now been written about kitchen science, <i>On Food and Cooking</i> remains unmatched in the accuracy, clarity, and thoroughness of it

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Author
Harold McGee
Publisher
Scribner
Published
1984
Language
EN
ISBN
9781416556374
Category
cooking
Subjects
Cooking, Home & Lifestyle, Science
Rating
4.48 / 5 (10,774 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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