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On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

Hardcover • 2004 • English

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

By Harold McGee

2 Ratings • 2.5 of 5

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About the book

Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking is a kitchen classic. Hailed by Time magazine as "a minor masterpiece" when it first appeared in 1984, On Food and Cooking 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. Now, for its twentieth anniversary, Harold McGee has prepared a new, fully revised and updated edition of On Food a...Show more

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ISBN

9780684800011

Publisher

Scribner Book Company

Published year

2004

Language

English

Original title

On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

Format

Hardcover

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