Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold - "The cookery book to end all cookery books"

Released in March 2011 - you'll be hard-pressed to find a copy of this monumental book anywhere!

Here's the stats: 2,438 pages, 21 Kg in weight, 1500 copies sold out in days costing over $1Million to print, and and a recommended retail price of £400, that is if you can actually find one to buy. I saw a copy on Amazon.co.uk for £696.95 - ouch!

Heralded by many high profile chef's including Ferran Adrià of El Bulli, who contributed a foreword to the book, claiming "This book will change the way we understand the kitchen."

The book is an encyclopedia and a guide to the science of contemporary cooking. The 6 volumes cover history and fundamentals, techniques and equipment, animals and plants, ingredients and preparation, plated dish recipes and one last volume, the kitchen manual.


This book has already divided opinion - but I can't wait to get my hands on one - though I think I will have to wait until the price drops slightly...