What Einstein Told His Cook: Kitchen Science Explained

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Customer Reviews:

Informative and easy read [Posted on 2007-12-28]
I found this book to be a very easy and entertaining read. The author did a very good job of making it entertaining with some anecdotes and tongue in cheek writing style. It was also very informative. If you are a fan of Alton Brown style of delivery, you will probably enjoy this book.

Want more? [Posted on 2008-03-01]
Full of trivia as well as little morsels of fact everyone wonders about. Completely worth the price, it just so happens we have all new facts and ideas!

No Reason to Invoke Einstein [Posted on 2008-09-21]
This book is REALLY interesting! So far, I've just skipped around from section to section but soon will inevitably read it from cover to cover and love it all.
So far though, I see absolutely no rhyme or reason why the name Einstein was used at all in the book title. It just seemed like a weird marketing gimmick.

The book is good and stands on it's own. There's no need to tie it to the genius of Einstein. Or maybe I just missed the point....

There are better not bad for beginners [Posted on 2008-10-31]
Not bad, easy read, but if you are really interested in this stuff there are may better kitchen science books that leave this in the dust. It depends on your level of interest and sophistication. I have no idea why he through some his wifes recipes in. His other books are better.
(try "On food and Cooking" by McGee if you want more)

What Mr. Wizard asked his cook. [Posted on 2008-11-04]
I might have liked this book better if I read it before I read On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen by Harold McGee. But I read that one first and enjoyed the technical explanations. Some of the same questions are explored in both books, and in McGee's book you will get a detailed explanation suitable for a college student. This book you will get an explanation suitable for about 7th grade. It's more like Mr. Wizard or Bill Nye asked these questions instead of Einstein. If you want easier reading and simple answers, this book is for you. But I felt it was dumbed down compared to McGee's book.

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