Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food by Jeff Potter
I want to love this book, but it’s so.. geeky. There loads of good information here, but peppered throughout the book are CompSci references, and interviews with social media stars and blog owners that I found to be a distraction from an otherwise good book. I really don’t care how the creator of BoingBoing makes her roast potatoes [or whatever].
However, the recipes are easy to read, measurements are often given in imperial as well as metric, and from a technical standpoint most of the recipes themselves seem solid.
There is so much information packed into this book that I think it is a good read for anyone interested in the ‘whys’ of cooking. If you’ve tried to read through Harold McGee’s On Food and Cooking and fell asleep, Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food is a good alternative, and in some respects may be an even better book for the home and professional cook because it includes a ton of well thought out recipes.
