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On Food and Cooking
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Author	Harold McGee
Country	United States
Language	English
Publisher	Scribner U.S. Hodder & Stoughton UK
Publication date	November 1984 November 2004 (second edition)
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	704 first edition 896 second edition
ISBN	978-0-684-80001-1 (U.S.) 9780340831496 (UK)

On Food And Cooking: The Science And Lore Of The Kitchen is a book by Harold McGee, published by Scribner in the United States in 1984 and revised extensively for a 2004 second edition.^[1]^[2] It is published by Hodder & Stoughton in Britain under the title McGee on Food and Cooking: An Encyclopedia of Kitchen Science, History and Culture.

The book provides a reference to the scientific understanding and preparation of food. It has been described by Alton Brown as 'the Rosetta stone of the culinary world',^[3]Daniel Boulud has called the book a 'must for every cook who possesses an inquiring mind',^[4] while Heston Blumenthal has stated it is 'the book that has had the greatest single impact on my cooking'.^[5]

The work is separated into sections that focus on the ingredients, providing the structure for the author to speculate on the history of foodstuffs and cookery, and the molecular characteristics of food flavors,^[6] while the text is illustrated by charts, graphs, pictures, and sidebar boxes with quotes from sources such as Brillat-Savarin and Plutarch.^[7] The book advises on how to cook many things (e.g., for pasta use abundant water, avoid hard water, add salt and a little oil to water, use slightly acidic water, with reasons and the science behind everything^[8]^(p576)) and includes a few historical recipes (e.g., Fish or Meat Jelly, by Taillevent in 1375,^[8]^(p584)), but no modern recipes as such.^[9]

Harold McGee is a world-renowned authority on the science of food and cooking. He studied science and literature at Caltech and Yale, and has written two prize-winning books, On Food and Cooking and The Curious Cook, as well as many articles and reviews. Harold James McGee (born October 3, 1951) is an American author who writes about the chemistry and history of food science and cooking. He is best known for his seminal book On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen initially published in 1984 2 and revised in 2004. Harold Mcgee On Food And Cooking Pdf: full version free. software download. According to Wikipedia, the food is a substance, usually originates from animals or plants, which are eaten by living things obtain energy and nutrients. Gee’s On Food and Cooking is a kitchen classic. Hailed by Time magazine as “a minor masterpiece”.

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^Waxman, Nach, Slate.com (December 12, 2007). The Joy of Cookbooks
^Davis, Mandy, Publishers Weekly (November 22, 2004). PW Talks with Harold McGee
^Brown, Alton, TIME Magazine (April 30, 2009). 'The 2008 TIME 100'. Time.
^Saekel, Karola, San Francisco Chronicle (December 1, 2004). Good reads for the cooks on your list
^Hirst, Christopher, The Independent. (November 13, 2004) Snail porridge? It's a matter of taste
^Jaine, Tom, The Guardian (December 11, 2004). Taste sensation
^Stafford, Matthew, SF Weekly (November 24, 2004). On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
^ ^a^bMcGee, Harold (2004). On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen. New York, New York: Scribner. ISBN978-0-684-80001-1. LCCN2004058999. OCLC56590708.
^Hirst, Christopher, The Independent. (December 3, 2004) The best of 2004: food books reviewed

Harold James McGee (born October 3, 1951) is an American author who writes about the chemistry and history of food science and cooking. He is best known for his seminal book On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen initially published in 1984 2 and revised in 2004. 8 9 10 11. Download Free PDF. Download Free PDF. ON FOOD AND COOKING The Science and Lore of the Kitchen COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED.

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On Food and Cooking on McGee's site 'Curious Cook'

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Author:	Harold McGee
Book Format:	Paperback
Original Title:	On Food And Cooking
Number Of Pages:	213 pages
First Published in:	1984
Series:	The Science and Lore of the Kitchen #1
Language:	English
Awards:	Andre Simon Award for Food (1986)
Generes:	Food And Drink, Food, Food And Drink, Cooking, Food And Drink, Cookbooks, Non Fiction, Science, Reference, Food And Drink, Culinary, History, Food And Drink, Food Writing, Food And Drink,
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