Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking is a revolutionary treatment of cooking that pushes the boundaries of culinary arts. Winner of the 2012 James Beard Award for Cookbook of the Year, inducted into the Gourmand Cookbook Hall of Fame, and named one of the best cookbooks of the century by the New Yorker, its six volumes comprising 2,438 pages explore the history of cuisine and explain the science of cooking in a way that’s accessible to both professional chefs and home cooks. Created by a team of scientists, chefs, editors, and writers, these volumes explore research spanning the field of culinary science with careful attention to practicality and applicability in the kitchen. Through gorgeous illustrations and otherworldly techniques, this set will inspire you to innovate in your own kitchen.

Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking

Arts & Photography

Myhrvold, Nathan

Young, Chris

Bilet, Maxime

Photography & Video

The Cooking Lab

Change the way you think about food: Modernist Cuisine at Home opens up a new world of culinary possibility and innovation for passionate and curious home cooks. In this award-winning, vibrantly illustrated 456-page volume you’ll learn how to stock a modern kitchen, master Modernist techniques, and make hundreds of stunning new recipes, including pressure-cooked caramelized carrot soup, silky smooth mac and cheese, and sous vide–braised short ribs. You’ll also learn about the science behind your favorite dishes like oven-roasted chicken, how to utilize sous vide cooking techniques, and why pressure cookers are perfect for making soup.

Modernist Cuisine at Home

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Cooking Education & Reference

The Photography of Modernist Cuisine is a feast for the eyes that serves up the beauty of food through innovative and striking photography. Simple ingredients, eclectic dishes, and the dynamic phenomena at work in the kitchen are transformed into vivid, arresting art in 300 giant images. The hundreds of jaw-dropping photographs taken by Nathan Myhrvold and his photography team include some of the most amazing images from Modernist Cuisine and Modernist Cuisine at Home, as well as many new and unpublished photos. This award-winning photography book takes you into The Cooking Lab’s revolutionary kitchen and photo studio on a visual tour that reveals the special equipment and techniques used to create culinary inventions and spectacular images. Aspiring photographers will find useful tips on how to frame and shoot their own professional-quality photographs of food in both the restaurant and the home. With spreads nearly 60% larger than those in Modernist Cuisine, using stochastic printing on the highest quality paper, The Photography of Modernist Cuisine will be a prized possession and a treasured gift for food lovers, photo buffs, and anyone who appreciates the natural beauty of food and the joy of seeing it from intriguing new perspectives.

The Photography of Modernist Cuisine

Modernist Bread provides a revolutionary new understanding of one of the most important staples of the human diet. Created by the team that published the critically acclaimed Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking, this James Beard Award–winning encyclopedia of practical knowledge and groundbreaking techniques captures over four years of independent research and collaborations with leading industry professionals. The result is the most in-depth look at bread to date. Stunning photography brings the complete story of bread to life across five volumes―uncover its incredible history, loaves from every corner of the world, and the breath-taking beauty of scientific phenomena at work above and below the crust. In Modernist Bread, you will discover innovative recipes and techniques developed by the Modernist Cuisine team that have not been published anywhere else. Housed in a sleek stainless-steel case, this five-volume set contains more than 1,500 traditional and avant-garde recipes, as well as a wire-bound kitchen manual so that you can easily bring all the recipes into the kitchen in one compact collection. Spanning over 2,600 pages, Modernist Bread will become an invaluable resource for anyone who has a thirst for knowledge about bread or wants to advance their craft. This book is a call to arms for any baker―whether you are a strict traditionalist, avid Modernist, home baker, restaurant chef, or artisanal baker―to embrace the possibilities of invention and follow your inspiration to make breads in your own way.

Modernist Bread

Francisco Migoya

Baking

Mark your calendars—the future of bread is almost here. In anticipation of their new book Modernist Bread: The Art and Science, the Modernist Cuisine team is celebrating the arrival of the next bread revolution with a companion wall calendar featuring 14 of the book’s most captivating images that will inspire you with the hidden beauty of bread each month. The team creates their award-winning images with techniques not normally used in food photography—the avant-garde results have redefined the genre and sparked the curiosity of readers around the world. The Modernist Bread 2017 wall calendar features a 12-month collection of book’s most striking photos that bring complex scientific phenomena to life, illuminate the hidden beauty of simple ingredients, and capture a magical view of bread making. You will also uncover the story behind each photo—a taste of what readers will discover in Modernist Bread. The calendar includes U.S. and Canadian holidays, as well as food holidays for you to savor throughout the year.

Modernist Bread 2017 Wall Calendar

Special offer: Order Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking and the 2017 companion wall calendar through Amazon.com and receive $15 off the price of the book while supplies last. See full product description below for details. 2017 is going to be a beautiful year. See the stunning power of food come alive each month through some of the most iconic images from Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking. Available for the first time, the Modernist Cuisine 2017 wall calendar takes 14 of the book’s most striking photographs off the pages and places them onto your own walls. The Modernist Cuisine team creates their award-winning images with techniques not normally used in food photography—the avant-garde results have redefined the genre and sparked the curiosity of readers around the world. Each month serves up a new perspective of food that is sure to inspire you to push the boundaries and cook your own way. Discover the hidden beauty of simple ingredients, a magical view of cooking, and the breathtaking scientific phenomena that underlies all cuisine. In addition to U.S. and Canadian holidays, the Modernist Cuisine calendar also features the story behind each photo, a seasonal guide to some of our favorite ingredients, and a selection of food holidays for you to savor. Love Modernist Cuisine? We do too—which is why we’ve put together this special bundled deal for you. Now when you order the Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking and the companion 2017 calendar, you will receive a coupon for $15 off of the price of the book, effectively making the calendar free. This coupon is only available with the purchase of the calendar and while supplies of the calendar last. Here’s how it works: <ol>
<li>Purchase your Modernist Cuisine wall calendar. </li> <li>The coupon for a $15 savings on the price of the book will become available after the transaction is complete. You won’t immediately see the coupon-- it will be waiting for you when you’re ready to preorder the book. </li> <li>Go to the Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking landing page.</li> <li>Add the book to your cart. The coupon will automatically appear under the price of the book when you view your shopping cart or on your Amazon coupon homepage.</li> <li>Click or tap on the “Clip Coupon” button. This will apply the coupon discount to the book. </li> <li>Proceed to checkout. The coupon savings will appear on the final order page under the ‘Place your Order’ button.</li> </ol> The Modernist Cuisine team is an interdisciplinary group in Bellevue, Washington, founded by Nathan Myhrvold. The team comprises scientists, research and development chefs, a full editorial and photography department, and business and marketing staff—all dedicated to advancing the science of the culinary arts through creativity and experimentation.

Modernist Cuisine 2017 Wall Calendar

Mark your calendars―the future of bread is almost here. In anticipation of their new book Modernist Bread, the Modernist Cuisine team is celebrating the arrival of the next bread revolution with a companion wall calendar featuring 14 of the book’s most captivating images that will inspire you with the hidden beauty of bread each month. The team creates their award-winning images with techniques not normally used in food photography―the avant-garde results have redefined the genre and sparked the curiosity of readers around the world. The Modernist Bread 2018 wall calendar features a 12-month collection of book’s most striking photos that bring complex scientific phenomena to life, illuminate the hidden beauty of simple ingredients, and capture a magical view of bread making. You will also uncover the story behind each photo―a taste of what readers will discover in Modernist Bread. The calendar includes U.S. and Canadian holidays, as well as food holidays for you to savor throughout the year.

Modernist Bread 2018 Wall Calendar

Whether it’s an ant’s eye view of an illuminated chard leaf or a falling cup of coffee frozen in time, each photograph in the 2018 Modernist Cuisine calendar tells a unique story about the foods that we eat every day. The calendar features 14 brand new photographs by Modernist Cuisine founder Nathan Myhrvold. Inside this calendar you’ll see the inner workings of a mixer that’s been cut in half, a kaleidoscopic view of vitamin C, and ordinary ingredients, like blueberries, transform into stunning monoliths. Myhrvold continually experiments with new photography techniques and equipment to produce magical images that portray food in fresh and unexpected ways. He utilizes research microscopes, writes custom software, designs special cameras and customized rigs, and builds robots to levitate hamburgers and help capture unbelievable shots of liquid in motion. Every image in the calendar is available as a large-format, limited-edition print at the Modernist Cuisine Gallery, located at The Forum Shops at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Modernist Cuisine 2018 Wall Calendar

Want to match your new Modernist Bread set with your Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking set? We have created a sleek stainless steel case with two removable wedges for cover protection and easy reshelving. A wonderful new look for your library and/or kitchen. Slipcase and wedges only (books not included).

Modernist Cuisine Stainless Steel Slipcase

The future of bread is here. The Modernist Cuisine team is celebrating the arrival of the next bread revolution with a companion poster to Modernist Bread featuring some of the book's most captivating images that will inspire you with the hidden beauty of bread. The team creates their award-winning images with techniques not normally used in food photography the avant-garde results have redefined the genre and sparked the curiosity of readers around the world. The Modernist Bread poster features a collection of the book's most striking photos of bread.

Modernist Bread 24" x 36" Poster

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