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On Rocky IV, Modernist Cuisine, and Keeping the (Kitchen) Romance Alive

Elizabeth Gunnison | Posted 06.05.2011 | Home
Read More: Home Cooking, Food, Cooking, Modernist Cuisine, Nathan Myhrvold, Rocky IV, Cookbooks, Kitchen Science, Myhrvold, Modernist Cuisine Cookbooks, Old-Fashioned Cooking, Harold McGee, Julia Child, Herve This, Experimental Cooking, Home News
Elizabeth Gunnison

Maybe cooking, like athletics, can be divided into two camps: the rationalists and the romantics. Ivan Drago is Nathan Mhyrold; Rocky is Julia Child.

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15 Food & Cooking Myths, Busted

Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Harold McGee, Kitchen Tips, Keys to Good Cooking Harold McGee Keys to Good Cooking, Food Myths, Cooking Myths, Cooking, Food, Food Science, Cooking Tips, Harold McGee Book, Slidepollajax, Thanksgiving Recipes 2010, Home News

For over two decades, Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen has been an authoritative reference for amateur and prof...

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Cooking by the Book

Michael Laiskonis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: MFK Fisher, Harold McGee, Ferran Adria, Anthony Bourdain, Eric Ripert, Michael Ruhlman, Cookbooks, Books, Food, Thomas Keller, Cooking Books, 2010 Cookbooks, Best Cookbooks, Slidepollajax, Home News
Michael Laiskonis

I love books. Skipping the typical route of formal culinary school, I sought a lot of my early education from them. These days, I don't afford mysel...

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Kitchen Science Guru Harold McGee's Top Thanksgiving Cooking Tips

Associated Press | MICHELE KAYAL | Posted 11.23.2011 | Home
Read More: Turkey Baste, Turkey, Thanksgiving, Microwaves, Sweet Potatoes, Thanksgiving 2010, Thanksgiving Cooking, Thanksgiving Recipes, Thanksgiving Turkey Tips, Harold McGee, Thanksgiving Turkey, Turkey Brine, Turkey Recipes, Recipes, Thanksgiving Food and Recipes, Basting, Mashed Potatoes Potatoes, Food Science Brine, Thanksgiving Food, Home News

Associated Press: As Americans we believe we can have it all. But there's nothing like struggling to roast a Thanksgiving turkey to shatter the myth. ...

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Cilantro: Why You Might Not Like It

From Harold McGee in the New York Times | HAROLD McGEE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Flavor chemists have found that cilantro aroma is created by a half-dozen or so substances, and most of these are modified fragments of fat molecules ...

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Father's Day Gifts: The Best Barbecue and Food Books for Dad

Meathead | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: North American Meat Processors Association, Barbecue, Books, Calvin Trillin, Omnivore's Dilemma, Ardie A. Davis, Chef Paul Kirk, Cook's Illustrated, Steven Raichlen, Weber, Robb Walsh, Harold McGee, Michael Pollan, Chris Lilly, Cooking, Bbq, Big Bob Gibson, Texas Barbecue, Jamie Purviance, Namp, Food Books, BBQ Books, Cooking Books, Father's Day Gifts, Books for Dad, Father's Day Books, Slidepollajax, Father's Day, Home News
Meathead

"Give a man a chicken and he will turn it into a black lump. Teach a man to grill a chicken and he will gloat all night." Meathead Dad's chicken look...

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A White Knight Talking Backwards: The Manchurian Candidate in the Kitchen

Elissa Altman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Sweet Surprise, Karl Rove, John McCain, Andrew Zimmern, Food Network, Department of Interior, Obesity, Sarah Palin, Alice in Wonderland, Alton Brown, Anthony Bourdain, Harold McGee, Nigella Lawson, David Tanis, Mario Batali, Fred Thompson, Republican Convention, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Food, Republicans, Manchurian Candidate, Healthy Living News
Elissa Altman

Without a doubt. So, after the hideous spectacle of the convention was over, I did what most food writers do when they're mildly hysterical: I fled for the safety of my kitchen.

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