Ferran

Ferran
Author: Colman Andrews
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2011-11-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1592406688

The first-ever biography of Ferran Adrià, the chef behind Spain's renowned El Bulli restaurant, by one of the world's foremost food authorities. Ferran Adrià is arguably the greatest culinary revolutionary of our time. Hailed as a genius and a prophet by fellow chefs, worshipped (if often misunderstood) by critics and lay diners alike, Adrià is imitated and paid homage to in professional kitchens, and in more than a few private ones, all over the world. In his lively close-up portrait of Adrià, award-winning food writer Colman Andrews traces this groundbreaking chef 's rise from resort- hotel dishwasher to culinary deity, and the evolution of El Bulli from a German-owned beach bar into the establishment voted annually by an international jury to be "the world's best restaurant." With a new afterword for the paperback edition, Ferran brings to life the most exciting food movement of our time and illuminates the ways in which Adrià has forever altered our understanding and appreciation of food and cooking.

Authenticity in the Kitchen

Authenticity in the Kitchen
Author: Richard Hosking
Publisher: Oxford Symposium
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2006
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1903018471

The Oxford Symposium on Food on Cookery is a premier English conference on this topic. The subjects range from the food of medieval English and Spanish Jews; wild boar in Europe; the identity of liquamen and other Roman sauces; the production of vinegar in the Philippines; the nature of Indian restaurant food; and food in 19th century Amsterdam.

Molecular Gastronomy

Molecular Gastronomy
Author: Jose Sanchez
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 111807386X

Uncover the science of cooking with this International Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook Award finalist - Molecular Gastronomy: Scientific Cuisine Demystified Molecular Gastronomy: Scientific Cuisine Demystified aims to demystify the intriguing and often mysterious world of cooking that we call molecular gastronomy, or “Avangard Nueva Cocina”, as Ferran Adriá has called it. This book provides readers with crucial knowledge of the ingredients used to execute the fundamental step-by-step techniques provided and is written to help readers expand their skills in the Molecular Gastronomy area. Written by a chef who has spent years cultivating his craft, Molecular Gastronomy: Scientific Cuisine Demystified focuses on introducing the subject to readers and future chefs who have minimal or no experience in the molecular gastronomy of various foods. With its scientific approach, Molecular Gastronomy: Scientific Cuisine Demystified provides a foundation and platform for experimentation, while delving into new and exciting cooking techniques. Stunningly illustrated with hundreds of full-color photos of finished dishes and the process along the way, this unique culinary offering breaks down the science of food while introducing future chefs to some of the most innovative techniques used in today's competitive kitchens.

Nuevo manual de gastronomía molecular

Nuevo manual de gastronomía molecular
Author: Mariana Koppmann
Publisher: Siglo XXI Editores
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2019-11-22
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9876293621

Una nueva entrega del encuentro entre la ciencia y la cocina, donde se develan, tenedor en mano, los secretos de los platos que preparamos a diario y las técnicas que la ciencia aporta a nuestras recetas. Mariana Koppmann demuestra una vez más que nuestras cocinas son verdaderos laboratorios de química, física y biología. De entrada, lleva al extremo una de las verdades de la gastronomía al proponer que la comida no sólo entra por los ojos, sino por los cinco sentidos. Desentraña su funcionamiento y explora las combinaciones de sensaciones cuando comemos. Luego revela la ciencia oculta detrás de algunos fenómenos –los secretos de los vegetales de todos los colores (y cómo conservar el color durante la cocción) o los procesos que tienen lugar durante la fritura–, pasando por el fascinante método de la cocción al vacío, el supercongelamiento con nitrógeno líquido y las misteriosas esferificaciones, que permiten que sorprendamos a nuestros invitados con bolitas... de jugo de manzana. También nos enseña a perderle el miedo a una de las mayores innovaciones culinarias de los últimos años, como la utilización de aditivos, emulsionantes y gelificantes para lograr las más variadas texturas en los platos. La seguridad e inocuidad alimentaria se han convertido en un tema central, y este nuevo manual aporta las claves para conocer los microorganismos que contaminan los productos a fin de instrumentar una higiene eficaz para combatirlos. Además, los apéndices resumen conceptos básicos de la química y la física de los alimentos, fundamentales para entender la ciencia de la cocina. Y lo mejor: todas las explicaciones están regadas con consejos prácticos y recetas de vanguardia. Este libro nos ofrece ideas para deleitar a los comensales con globos de tomate, aires de salsa de soja o esféricos de naranja, y ser el centro de la fiesta al hablar de pectinas o cloroplastos. ¡Que lo disfruten!

Plant signaling: Understanding the molecular crosstalk

Plant signaling: Understanding the molecular crosstalk
Author: Khalid Rehman Hakeem
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2013-10-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 8132215427

​Plant signalling has emerged as an integrated field which has become indispensable in recent times to study any biological process. Over the last decade, an enormous amount of information has been generated in this field and the advances in information technology gave birth to bioinformatics which has helped greatly in managing the galaxy of information. It is now possible to view the different information’s in a systems biology approach which has unravelled the association/ new processes and thus helped us enormously in understanding of the biological processes. The present book is an attempt at understanding the plant signalling processes with different perspectives. Even though the plants are sessile but there exists a tremendous interconnected network of perception at morphological, physiological and molecular levels. The impact of the surrounding environment in terms of abiotic and biotic stresses is significant in terms of its survival, adaptation and productivity for the human welfare. The plants possess a wide array of processes at the organ, tissue and cellular levels which are governed by a plethora of molecules. The molecules govern individual processes and these exists a cross talk between them to form a complex network of processes. The book tries to envision how different processes are operating at different points in the life cycle of the plant.

Rasoi

Rasoi
Author: Vineet Bhatia
Publisher: Absolute Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-11-13
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781906650193

The first Indian chef to be awarded a Michelin Star, Vineet Bhatia has been cooking his ravishing, modern take on Indian food to appreciative guests from all over the world from his elegant townhouse restaurant off London's Kings Road since 2004. More than 150 of his most celebrated recipes are featured in this, his first book, accompanied by sumptuous photography from Lisa Barber. With a beguiling mixture of modernity and classicism, Bhatia introduces elements of molecular gastronomy as well as Western influences, creating a style that sees him appear on platforms all around the world with the likes of inspirational fellow chefs Ferran Adria from El Bulli and Heston Blumenthal from the Fat Duck. New Indian Kitchen is a giant step forward for Indian cookery books and a long-awaited publishing event.

Manual de gastronomía molecular

Manual de gastronomía molecular
Author: Mariana Koppmann
Publisher: Siglo XXI Editores
Total Pages: 187
Release: 2019-11-22
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9876297244

¿Bolitas de pizza? ¿Aire de trufas? ¿Espuma de frambuesa? ¿Pero dónde quedan entonces los buenos guisos, el excelso puchero, las nobles papas fritas o el insuperable flan con dulce de leche? Muchos creen que la gastronomía molecular es una mezcla de arte, marketing y experimentación sin límites, un depósito de recetas extravagantes para deconstruir un plato y reconstruirlo con texturas y colores capaces de sorprender los sentidos. Sin embargo, y más allá de los modernísimos restaurantes donde la estrella es el nitrógeno líquido, esta disciplina trata de entender ni más ni menos que la ciencia escondida detrás de las recetas más cotidianas. En estos días en que hay libros de cocina para todos los gustos, un texto que nos explique las transformaciones y reacciones de los alimentos es un soplo de aire fresco y culinario que los cocineros y cocineras, profesionales y amateurs, sabrán agradecer. Este Manual de gastronomía molecular se mete de lleno en la química y la física de los alimentos y de sus mezclas, y no deja pan sin levadura, papa sin almidón, bife de chorizo sin colágeno, al tiempo que nos inicia en los misterios de las espumas de yemas, en la acción de las proteínas, la fragilidad de la mayonesa y la cocción del arroz perfecto. También podremos experimentar con la consistencia de un huevo duro, lograr las claras batidas a nieve con el mayor volumen que hayamos imaginado o descubrir si realmente vale la pena sellar un trozo de carne antes de ponerlo en el horno. Mención especial merece la sección "Las preguntas de la libretita", que resuelve las dudas que cualquier cocinero se planteó alguna vez: cuándo es conveniente salar la carne, cuánto tiempo se cocinan los calamares, cómo se logra una pechuga jugosa, por qué se forma nata en la crema pastelera, cuál es el mejor aceite para freír y qué cantidad conviene usar, y muchas más.

Molecular Gastronomy

Molecular Gastronomy
Author: Hervé This
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2006
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9780231133128

French chemist and television personality Herve This uses recent research in chemistry, physics, and biology of food to challenge traditional beliefs about cooking and eating.