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The Flavor Equation: The Science of Great Cooking Explained + More Than 100 Essential Recipes Hardcover – 29 October 2020
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- Publisher : Chronicle Books (29 October 2020)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 304 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1452182698
- ISBN-13 : 978-1452182698
- Dimensions : 21.08 x 3.3 x 26.16 cm
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The Flavor Equation is destined to be classic: original, thought-provoking, and illuminating. It is a book that will change the way you think about food and cooking, and will help to make all your other cookbooks make sense. -Nigella Lawson, author of At My Table
The Flavor Equation is written by someone who understands flavor first. This is not a book for geeks who want to deep dive into amino acids, gels, and osmosis. This is a book about how to turn out food that optimizes flavor. Nik Sharma and others are teaching us that good food is not about technique per se: years standing in front of the stove, advanced knife skills, and mastering pastry technique. It's about crafting flavor through an understanding of what flavor actually is. -Christopher Kimball, founder, Milk Street(from the foreword)
As someone with his own obsession with flavor, I find Nik Sharma's take on it totally fascinating. It is deep and illuminating, fresh and highly informative. That, combined with his always-sumptuous food and staggering photographs, makes The Flavor Equation a most brilliant achievement. -Yotam Ottolenghi, chef and author of Jerusalem
If you're interested in flavor-and every cook is, that's what we constantly think about-this book is for you. I haven't learned so much from a single book in a very long time. I'm now cooking my way through it. -Diana Henry, James Beard award-winning author of A Bird in the Hand
In The Flavor Equation, Nik marries the art and science of cuisine. It offers a holistic approach to cooking at home; one that celebrates both chemistry and emotion, in both the creation and enjoyment of our meals. -Stella Parks, pastry chef and author of BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts
Nik Sharma answers the hows and whys of taste from a scientific perspective as well as one from a well-seasoned cook. The multicultural flavors that are sure to entice anyone's taste buds to spring into action. Anyone wanting to take a deep dive into how to make food taste better will revel in Nik's thoroughly researched-and gorgeously photographed-treatise on the topic. -David Lebovitz, author, My Paris Kitchen and Drinking French
Nik Sharma has created an irresistible book that makes you want to immediately jump in the kitchen. There is not a single recipe that I would not want to cook, I am dying to make them all! This book helps you understand the deep complexities that surround our food, and how much it can mean to us. -Pati Jinich, chef, cookbook author and host of PBS Pati's Mexican Table
Some consider cooking to be a series of chemical and thermodynamic reactions, others see it as an embodiment of heart, emotion, culture, and family. In The Flavor Equation, Nik Sharma shows us how these elements-the brain and the heart-are not at odds with each other, but that they are in fact intimately intertwined. Understanding their interaction is the key to unlocking flavor in your own cooking, as Nik demonstrates in this beautiful and intelligent book. -J. Kenji López-Alt, author The Food Lab and Chief Consultant for Serious Eats.com
Whatever your skill level in the kitchen, with its more than 100 recipes, illustrated diagrams, and Sharma's own evocative photography, The Flavor Equation is an engrossing guide to elevating simple dishes into holistic experiences. -Eater, Best New Cookbooks Fall 2020
As with his previous book, recipes are easy to follow and the photographs are mouth-watering. Helpful diagrams, charts, and illustrations are presented throughout. This book will appeal both to those who want to expand their Indian cooking repertoire and those who want to know more about the scientific background behind cooking itself.-Library Journal
The Flavor Equation is written by someone who understands flavor first. This is not a book for geeks who want to deep dive into amino acids, gels, and osmosis. This is a book about how to turn out food that optimizes flavor. Nik Sharma and others are teaching us that good food is not about technique per se: years standing in front of the stove, advanced knife skills, and mastering pastry technique. It's about crafting flavor through an understanding of what flavor actually is. -Christopher Kimball, founder, Milk Street(from the foreword)
As someone with his own obsession with flavor, I find Nik Sharma's take on it totally fascinating. It is deep and illuminating, fresh and highly informative. That, combined with his always-sumptuous food and staggering photographs, makes The Flavor Equation a most brilliant achievement. -Yotam Ottolenghi, chef and author of Jerusalem
If you're interested in flavor-and every cook is, that's what we constantly think about-this book is for you. I haven't learned so much from a single book in a very long time. I'm now cooking my way through it. -Diana Henry, James Beard award-winning author of A Bird in the Hand
In The Flavor Equation, Nik marries the art and science of cuisine. It offers a holistic approach to cooking at home; one that celebrates both chemistry and emotion, in both the creation and enjoyment of our meals. -Stella Parks, pastry chef and author of BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts
Nik Sharma answers the hows and whys of taste from a scientific perspective as well as one from a well-seasoned cook. The multicultural flavors that are sure to entice anyone's taste buds to spring into action. Anyone wanting to take a deep dive into how to make food taste better will revel in Nik's thoroughly researched-and gorgeously photographed-treatise on the topic. -David Lebovitz, author, My Paris Kitchen and Drinking French
Nik Sharma has created an irresistible book that makes you want to immediately jump in the kitchen. There is not a single recipe that I would not want to cook, I am dying to make them all! This book helps you understand the deep complexities that surround our food, and how much it can mean to us. -Pati Jinich, chef, cookbook author and host of PBS Pati's Mexican Table
Some consider cooking to be a series of chemical and thermodynamic reactions, others see it as an embodiment of heart, emotion, culture, and family. In The Flavor Equation, Nik Sharma shows us how these elements-the brain and the heart-are not at odds with each other, but that they are in fact intimately intertwined. Understanding their interaction is the key to unlocking flavor in your own cooking, as Nik demonstrates in this beautiful and intelligent book. -J. Kenji López-Alt, author The Food Lab and Chief Consultant for Serious Eats.com
Whatever your skill level in the kitchen, with its more than 100 recipes, illustrated diagrams, and Sharma's own evocative photography, The Flavor Equation is an engrossing guide to elevating simple dishes into holistic experiences. -Eater, Best New Cookbooks Fall 2020
As with his previous book, recipes are easy to follow and the photographs are mouth-watering. Helpful diagrams, charts, and illustrations are presented throughout. This book will appeal both to those who want to expand their Indian cooking repertoire and those who want to know more about the scientific background behind cooking itself.-Library Journal
About the Author
Nik Sharma is the writer, photographer, and recipe developer behind A Brown Table, one of the most critically acclaimed food blogs and photojournals, and the author of Season, an NYT best cookbook in 2018. His meteoric rise in the food scene has brought him two IACP Digital Media Awards and a Saveur Best Food Blog Award finalist spot. Nik and his work have been the subject of a PBS documentary and an NPR feature on minorities in food, and he has written for or collaborated with Food52, America's Test Kitchen, Food & Wine, Williams Sonoma, Cosmopolitan, Design*Sponge, West Elm, KitchenAid, Le Creuset, and many others. Nik’s visual food column for the San Francisco Chronicle, A Brown Kitchen, debuted on the front page of the Food & Home section in July 2016 and runs weekly in both the print and digital editions. He also writes a column for Serious Eats on the science of flavour, which reaches millions of readers.
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NIKHIL MEHTA
5.0 out of 5 stars
Science and Art in Cooking
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 November 2020Verified Purchase
A very innovative approach to cooking. Nik’s selection of flavours (I’m in the UK so I include the “u” in that word!) was outstanding in Season and that continues in this book. His recipes should not be confined by being labelled “Indian”, “Chinese” etc. They really are global. And the science encourages you to experiment according to your own taste so you never need to follow any recipe blindly again.
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D. Panchal
3.0 out of 5 stars
Nice photography, not so much science.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 November 2020Verified Purchase
Fantastic photography, but not quite the book I thought it would be. The scientific parts aren't so thorough, and only mention chemical names with a brief introduction to how they interact. Recipes are a bit strange too.

Vandana
5.0 out of 5 stars
It's a fantastic book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 November 2020Verified Purchase
It's a truly fantastic book, the writing is superb. The pictures are even better. Wish Nik would sell his photos.

Suzanne Bowen
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous meticulous information in a beautiful format
Reviewed in Canada on 20 December 2020Verified Purchase
Fabulous meticulous information in a beautiful format. Every page is a treat!
LOVE Nik Sharma's intelligent, informative, artistic book. Can you guess? I now am a total fan!
LOVE Nik Sharma's intelligent, informative, artistic book. Can you guess? I now am a total fan!

E. Trent Vernon
5.0 out of 5 stars
Calling it now.. Best cookbook of 2020
Reviewed in the United States on 30 October 2020Verified Purchase
I dont know quite where to start.. but.. after sitting with the book for a while, and cooking from it once so far ( honey-tumeric pineapple chicken skewers..pictured yum!!!) I am confident this will be THE cookbook for 2020. Amazingly unique recipes.. and my first exposure to Indo-Chinese cooking... now might look for a cookbook on this subj alone. Ingredient wise... to cook a lot of these dishes you may need to hit up amazon if you don't have a Indian Grocery nearby.. ingredients like amchur, curry leaves, etc.. If you have Season, then you know what Im talking about.
Like Season, the food photography and styling is amazing. One minor qualm, I have noticed at least one recipe where the picture has an ingredient not listed in the recipe.. chickpea salad picture has tomatoes in the picture, but no tomato is in the ingredient list. Havent dived super deep to see any other offenders :)
What REALLY sets this book apart, is the SCIENCE in it.. Literally at least 100 pages of describing what causes and what are flavors... The first 75 pages of the book literally look like a college chemistry textbook. .. then the chapters with the recipes all start with a 10 or 15 pages of science of the flavor.. Its like harold mcgee and season had a love child...a delicious, enthralling love child.
The recipes are separated by flavor profile.. think bitter, sweet, fiery, etc.. so it may take a bit of effort to plan a menu if you're used to books divided by sweets, appetizers, mains, sides, etc.. which brings to mind, some menu suggestions would have been appreciated.. that being said.. its hard to say, at 350 pages, that this book is lacking anything.
October has seen lots of amazing cookbooks come out.. this is the leader of the pack! I cant wait to dive in deeper and cook more!
Like Season, the food photography and styling is amazing. One minor qualm, I have noticed at least one recipe where the picture has an ingredient not listed in the recipe.. chickpea salad picture has tomatoes in the picture, but no tomato is in the ingredient list. Havent dived super deep to see any other offenders :)
What REALLY sets this book apart, is the SCIENCE in it.. Literally at least 100 pages of describing what causes and what are flavors... The first 75 pages of the book literally look like a college chemistry textbook. .. then the chapters with the recipes all start with a 10 or 15 pages of science of the flavor.. Its like harold mcgee and season had a love child...a delicious, enthralling love child.
The recipes are separated by flavor profile.. think bitter, sweet, fiery, etc.. so it may take a bit of effort to plan a menu if you're used to books divided by sweets, appetizers, mains, sides, etc.. which brings to mind, some menu suggestions would have been appreciated.. that being said.. its hard to say, at 350 pages, that this book is lacking anything.
October has seen lots of amazing cookbooks come out.. this is the leader of the pack! I cant wait to dive in deeper and cook more!

5.0 out of 5 stars
Calling it now.. Best cookbook of 2020
Reviewed in the United States on 30 October 2020
I dont know quite where to start.. but.. after sitting with the book for a while, and cooking from it once so far ( honey-tumeric pineapple chicken skewers..pictured yum!!!) I am confident this will be THE cookbook for 2020. Amazingly unique recipes.. and my first exposure to Indo-Chinese cooking... now might look for a cookbook on this subj alone. Ingredient wise... to cook a lot of these dishes you may need to hit up amazon if you don't have a Indian Grocery nearby.. ingredients like amchur, curry leaves, etc.. If you have Season, then you know what Im talking about.Reviewed in the United States on 30 October 2020
Like Season, the food photography and styling is amazing. One minor qualm, I have noticed at least one recipe where the picture has an ingredient not listed in the recipe.. chickpea salad picture has tomatoes in the picture, but no tomato is in the ingredient list. Havent dived super deep to see any other offenders :)
What REALLY sets this book apart, is the SCIENCE in it.. Literally at least 100 pages of describing what causes and what are flavors... The first 75 pages of the book literally look like a college chemistry textbook. .. then the chapters with the recipes all start with a 10 or 15 pages of science of the flavor.. Its like harold mcgee and season had a love child...a delicious, enthralling love child.
The recipes are separated by flavor profile.. think bitter, sweet, fiery, etc.. so it may take a bit of effort to plan a menu if you're used to books divided by sweets, appetizers, mains, sides, etc.. which brings to mind, some menu suggestions would have been appreciated.. that being said.. its hard to say, at 350 pages, that this book is lacking anything.
October has seen lots of amazing cookbooks come out.. this is the leader of the pack! I cant wait to dive in deeper and cook more!
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