Still, you don’t have to be a photo geek to gasp when seeing the book. It’s a stunner.
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It's not often that a year of cookbooks can be summed up in a single word. But in 2013, "uneven" fits.
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Former Microsoft technology guru Nathan Myhrvold's passion is molecular gastronomy and his two previous books spared no expense in documenting his avant-garde creations. In "The Photography of Modernist Cuisine" (The Cooking Lab, $120), he takes you inside those photograph -- literally inside the vessels, with astounding cutaways of boiling vegetables or otherworldly close-ups of citrus vesicles.
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A roundup of various food gift guides that includes The Photography of Modernist Cuisine.
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For ease of use in the kitchen, the app trumps the printed book and makes a perfect gift for the geeky or science-inclined cook. ..if you’ve ever wondered what modernist cuisine is all about or had the itch to try some of the techniques used at cutting-edge restaurants such as Ink or Bazaar, now is your chance.
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The LA Times gives a glowing review of Modernist Cuisine at Home eBook. Each feature is discussed.
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From the foodie who likes to get very close to his food, to the assistant with a passion for.The Microsoft executive turned molecular gastronomy whiz transforms his high-tech cookbook into a whiz-bang coffee-table book that shows food like you've never seen it before.
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Hollywood Reporter included The Photography of Modernist Cuisine in their holiday book gallery.
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"Released this fall, The Photography of Modernist Cuisine reproduces some of the best images at an even larger scale, and, best of all, reveals exactly how they were made."
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The Photography of Modernist Cuisine made Gizmodo's list of best books this year.
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Watch the video 'GMA' Anchors' Coffee Table Book Gift Picks on Yahoo Good Morning America. Showcasing this year's big coffee table books in one of our favorite holidays traditions.
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The Photography of Modernist Cuisine was included in Good Morning America's on-air holiday book gift guide
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Cookbook person/patent enforcer Nathan Myhrvold was on Charlie Rose last week to promote his latest book The Photography of Modernist Cuisine last week. Myhrvold tells Rose about his long-time...
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Click through for 10 holiday gift ideas for the food lover.
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Nightlife website Guest of a Guest includes The Photography of Modernist Cuisine in the list of ten gift ideas for foodies.
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On today’s THE FOOD SEEN, Nathan Myhrvold has always been ambitious, cooking his family a full Thanksgiving dinner at the age of 9, graduating high school at 14, two Masters degrees and a PHD in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics at 23 from...
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Heritage Radio's Michael Harlan Turkell interviews Nathan Myhrvold about The Photography of Modernist Cuisine, working with Stephen Hawking and their shared love of math.
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The holidays bring out the inner-coffee table book obsessive in gift buyers. They're easy, weighty and satisfying to give. You've done your job with your pricey treat.
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Florida Today's pickup of the AP gift guide, featuring The Photography of Modernist Cuisine
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We always love to hear the stories others tell about gifts that really made them swoon. So, we asked a few chefs to share their favorite memories of holiday gifts.
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Chef Jarvis Williams of Carnevor shares how Modernist Cuisine was the best and most moving Christmas gift
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These recipes are more fascinating for their rigor, and how they are distinguished from so much that passes for sleight-of-hand cookery these days.
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The description for the updated Encyclopedia of American Food and Drink notes it now includes the modernist cuisine movement.
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Nathan Myhrvold, the technologist and the author of “The Photography of Modernist Cuisine,” was scrunched in a chair in the dimly lit lobby of the Ace Hotel. He was trying to capture the perfect shot of a pumpkin muffin with his Nokia phone.
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Sophie Brickman talks with Nathan Myrhvold about photography in The New Yorker.
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The photo-scientists at The Cooking Lab offer lush, oversized spreads and all their secrets on how the work was done.
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Pickup of AP's coffee table gift guide that include The Photography of Modernist Cuisine.
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The app is illustrated with the same sumptuous photos as the books, but here there are also excellent videos, which are key when you’re trying to blowtorch a filet for the first time.
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Modernist Cuisine at Home's eBook is reviewed by Gizmodo and recommended over the print edition.
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The holidays bring out the inner-coffee table book obsessive in gift buyers. They're easy, weighty and satisfying to give. You've done your job with your pricey treat.
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Pickup of AP's 15 holiday coffee table book recommendation, which includes The Photography of Modernist Cuisine.
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"We love this behemoth new book (more than 13 pounds, and 13 x 16⅜ inches) because it takes food photography to another, more engaging level with some creative thinking and technique. "
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The Photography of Modernist Cuisine has been suggested as a great gift for "the stepmom with an industrial range and all the expensive cooking tools."
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Alert Diver interviews Nathan Myhrvold about underwater photography
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View the Gift Guide: ‘GMA’ Anchors’ Favorite Coffee Table Books of 2013 photo gallery on Yahoo. Find more news related pictures in our photo galleries.
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On-air and online inclusion of The Photography of Modernist Cuisine in Good Morning America's gift guide
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It seems like everyone is posting pictures of their food these days. But a new exhibit at the Pacific Science Center puts all those Instagram shots to shame.
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MyNorthwest.com features KIRO's radio interview with Nathan Myhrvold in an article about the photo exhibit at Pacific Science Center..
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From documenting the creative process at Noma through Instagram snapshots to revealing the science behind molecular gastronomy with step-by-step recipes to teaching the art of making charcuterie, this year’s gift picks challenge the conventional...
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The Kansas City Star newspaper includes The Photography of Modernist Cuisine in their holiday gift guide
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The man behind the groundbreaking Modernist Cuisine trilogy, sits down with Fox News Radio’s Lilian Woo to talk about two of his passions-- science and food. Nathan Myhrvold, who also happens to be Microsoft’s ex-Chief Technology Officer, a Memphis...
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Fox & Food's 20 minute radio interview with Nathan Myhrvold about The Photography of Modernist Cuisine
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15 gift-worthy coffee table books Via Caren Palevitz
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Kankakee, Illinois pickup of the AP gift guide featuring The Photography of Modernist Cuisine
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The 16th Annual Worlds of Flavor International Conference & Festival welcomed 700 culinary professionals at The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) at Greystone from November 14-16.
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Mention summarizing Nathan Myhrvold's CIA keynote talk
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Minneapolis' Star Tribue reviews The Photography of Modernist Cuisine