Kitchen mysteries : revealing the science of cooking /
Hervé This ; translated by Jody Gladding.
- New York ; Chichester : Columbia University Press, 2010.
- ix, 220 p. : ill.
- Arts and traditions of the table .
- Arts and traditions of the table. .
This translation originally published: 2007.
'Kitchen mysteries' sheds light on the science of cooking, answering such fundamental questions as what causes vegetables to change colour when cooked and how to keep a soufflé from falling. Hervé This illuminates abstract concepts with practical advice and concrete examples.