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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Milk Street: The Science of the Perfect Recipe: Your Cooking Questions Answered Through Science--Plus 125 Recipes for Perfect Results

Milk Street: The Science of the Perfect Recipe: Your Cooking Questions Answered Through Science--Plus 125 Recipes for Perfect Results

Kimball, Christopher

Hardcover

Cookbooks GeneralGeneral Regional Cooking

Publisher Price: $45.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date April 27, 2027

ISBN10: 0316582131
ISBN13: 9780316582131
Publisher: Voracious
Published: Apr 27 2027
Pages: 416
Height: 1.01 Width: 8.75 Depth: 10.75
Language: English
The science behind great cooking, revealed through the questions every cook asks and the relentless testing that answers them--from the James Beard Award-winning team at Christopher Kimball's Milk Street

How do you go from a good cook to a great cook? Question everything.

Should you skip browning meat when making stew? Does expensive vanilla or Parmesan really make a difference? Can sparkling water really make waffles crispier? Is slow-fermenting pizza dough worth the wait? Does that extra step in the recipe really matter?

From these cooking queries, clear patterns emerge. The science--and relentless testing--shows that the same forces shape every dish: how flavor is released, how texture is developed, how ingredients respond to heat, and how time and technique transform food. A perfect recipe builds on these patterns to consistently deliver great results, and teach a lesson you can use again and again.

Many of the smartest solutions already exist in global kitchens--yogurt marinades from the Middle East, spice blooming in Indian cooking, velveting in Chinese stir-fries, and salt-curing in Japan. Here, those ideas combine with new techniques that solve modern problems, such as a pat-in-the-pan pie crust that never shrinks while baking and a two-hour turkey built on spatchcocking and dry brine.

75 kitchen investigations.125 transformative recipes. One smarter way to cook.

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