Cooked : a natural history of transformation / Michael Pollan.
By: Pollan, Michael
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TextPublisher: New York : The Penguin Press, 2013Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-458) and index.Description: 468 pages ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781594204210 (hardback); 1594204217 (hardback).Subject(s): Cooking | CooksDDC classification: 641.5 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 641.5 P760 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003399243 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-458) and index.
Why cook? -- Fire Creatures of the flame -- Water: a recipe in seven steps -- Air: The education of an amateur baker -- Earth: fermentation's cold fire -- Hand Taste -- Four Recipes -- A short shelf of books on cooking.
The author recounts the story of his culinary education, explores his kitchen, apprentices himself to a succession of culinary masters and learns how to grill with fire, cook with liquid, bake bread, and ferment everything from cheese to beer.
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