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Michael Ruhlman Reviews The 5-Volume 'Modernist Cuisine'


First Posted: 03/09/11 11:56 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 07:35 PM ET

Modernist Cuisine Review

Michael Ruhlman in the New York Times:

DESCENDING this week on the culinary scene like a meteor, "Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking" is the self-published six-volume masterwork from a team led by Nathan Myhrvold, the multimillionaire tech visionary who, as a friend of mine said, "decided to play Renaissance doge with food."
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DESCENDING this week on the culinary scene like a meteor, "Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking" is the self-published six-volume masterwork from a team led by Nathan Myhrvold, the multim...
DESCENDING this week on the culinary scene like a meteor, "Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking" is the self-published six-volume masterwork from a team led by Nathan Myhrvold, the multim...
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flamenco
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06:25 PM on 03/15/2011
Nathan is a smart guy, a zillionaire, and very successful. As such, I doubt that anyone in his circle will ever be a naysayer, so he's no longer used to getting criticism like the rest of us do.

It's funny that one objection he has is that the reviewer likes it in some ways, and dislikes it in other ways. Um, dear Nathan, that is almost the definition of a review. Sorry your sycophants didn't write it instead.
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travelaholic
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04:04 PM on 03/09/2011
This book is food porn. Nathan, I've been a fan since Rover's. You inspired me way back when at Microsoft. Now, if only MSFT would pick-up its performance maybe I could buy a set...
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playsindirt
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02:20 PM on 03/09/2011
I saw this in Food Network Magazine. And I didn't have to register to read it! Nice work, HP.
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01:30 PM on 03/09/2011
Link to an article that you have to register and log in to read...

Thanks for nothing, I read this while I am working no time for that...
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SlurmsMcKenzie
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04:13 PM on 03/09/2011
I agree ! What's up with that / You'd think it was AOL around here......
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VerizonCells
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05:18 PM on 03/09/2011
for sure... huffpost flooded the site with entertainment news web traffic over a year ago and made a ton of AOL.
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