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On Food and Cooking 양장 (The Science and Lore of the Kitchen)
On Food and Cooking 양장 (The Science and Lore of the Kitchen)
저자 : 해롤드 맥기
출판사 : Scribner Book Company
출판년 : 2013
ISBN : 9780684800011

책소개


2008년 타임지 선정 세계에서 가장 영향력 있는 인물 100인에 선정에 빛나는
'해롤드 맥기'가 이야기하는 세상의 모든 음식


세상의 모든 음식을 다루고 있는 이 책의 범위는 그야말로 글로벌하다. 세상에 다루어지지 않는 음식이 없다. 유럽과 미국은 물론이고, 아프리카, 남미, 아시아의 요리도 두루 다루어진다. 우리나라의 김치, 된장, 젓갈 등은 물론이고 감, 밤, 잣, 고사리 등의 식재료들도 심심치 않게 등장한다. 단순히 나열되는 것이 아니라 김치와 독일의 사워크라우트가 연결되고, 젓갈과 안초비와 동남아시아의 민물 생선 소스들이 연결되며, 생선 소스가 생선을 대두로 대체한 대두 소스, 즉 간장으로 발달하는 과정이 지리적 한계를 넘어 거대한 문화적 그물망으로 엮인다.

1984년 초판이 출간 된 이래로, 제임스 비어드 재단의 키친 에이드 북어워드 수상, 2008년 타임지 선정 세계에서 가장 영향력 있는 인물 100인에 선정되었으며, 27년째 아마존 요리 분야 베스트셀러 1, 2위를 장식하는 이 책은 요리에 관심 있는 사람뿐만이 아니라 누구라도 흥미를 끌 만한 지식의 길잡이가 되어줄 것이다.

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 and Cooking. He has rewritten the text almost completely, expanded it by two-thirds, and commissioned more than 100 new illustrations. As compulsively readable and engaging as ever, the new On Food and Cooking provides countless eye-opening insights into food, its preparation, and its enjoyment.

On Food and Cooking pioneered the translation of technical food science into cook-friendly kitchen science and helped give birth to the inventive culinary movement known as "molecular gastronomy." Though other books have now been written about kitchen science, On Food and Cooking remains unmatched in the accuracy, clarity, and thoroughness of its explanations, and the intriguing way in which it blends science with the historical evolution of foods and cooking techniques.

Among the major themes addressed throughout this new edition are:

Traditional and modern methods of food production and their influences on food quality

The great diversity of methods by which people in different places and times have prepared the same ingredients

Tips for selecting the best ingredients and preparing them successfully

The particular substances that give foods their flavors and that give us pleasure

Our evolving knowledge of the health benefits and risks of foods

On Food and Cooking is an invaluable and monumental compendium of basic information about ingredients, cooking methods, and the pleasures of eating. It will delight and fascinate anyone who has ever cooked, savored, or wondered about food.

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