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How to Read a French Fry and Other Stories of Intriguing Kitchen Science
Russ Parsons · 2001 · 334 pages
The food editor of the Los Angeles Times explores the science underlying the art of cooking--discussing such cooking methods as frying, mixing, roasting, boiling, and baking--and presents one hundred new recipes and a host of little-known facts about food and the culinary arts.
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Julia Child
“Russ Parsons is the food editor at the Los Angeles Times and a very good writer. He includes more than just recipes here, giving you deep factual information, like why you shouldn’t cook Vidalia onions and how to get a good, crisp french fry. It’s wonderful to read about the experiments Parsons has done on each dish.”↗