Molecular Gastronomy - by Jose Sanchez (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>Molecular Gastronomy: Scientific Cuisine Demystified</i> aims to clarify and explain the fascinating world of molecular gastronomy. It offers the reader crucial knowledge of key ingredients and provides fundamental step-by-step techniques for application. It provides a foundation for experimenting with and, most importantly, understanding new and exciting ingredients and cooking techniques.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><i><b>Molecular Gastronomy: Scientific Cuisine Demystified</b></i> is a beautiful culmination of art, cuisine, and education, where Jose's passion shines page after page.<br> <b>--FROM THE FOREWORD BY FERRAN ADRIÀ</b> <p>Jose Sanchez seamlessly blends the familiar with cutting edge culinary techniques to allow culinarians and food enthusiasts to recreate dishes that up to now were exclusive to only a few.<br> <b>--RON DESANTIS, CMC, MBA, DIRECTOR OF CULINARY EXCELLENCE, YALE UNIVERSITY</b> <p>Jose Sanchez is the right person to deliver this complex, yet fascinating subject with simplified techniques to chefs and students who are eager to discover a modern way of cooking.<br> <b>--KIYOMI MIKUNI, CHEF-OWNER, RELAIS CHATEAUX, TOKYO</b> <p>This book brings together what we expect in the 21<sup>st</sup> century: clarity, science, skills, and an encyclopedic, albeit friendly approach to this field.<br> <b>--GEORGES M. HALPERN, MD, PHD, DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF MEDICINAL SCIENCES, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY</b> <p>Maintaining relevance in the fast-paced restaurant industry requires awareness of customers' constant search for new experiences and delicious surprises. To bring out the most delicate flavors or create phenomenal textures in a dish, sometimes only the most modern techniques will do. <p><i><b>Molecular Gastronomy: Scientific Cuisine Demystified</b></i> explores and decodes the intriguing and often mysterious world of cooking known as molecular gastronomy. Written in practical style by Jose Sanchez, a chef who spent years cultivating his craft, this is a book from a cook's point of view, providing the reader with the crucial knowledge of the ingredients used to execute the fundamental step-by-step techniques provided. Accompanied by stunning photography, the book focuses the reader on how to get started and discover this revolutionary way of cooking. This book provides a foundation for experimenting with and--most importantly--understanding new and exciting ingredients and cooking techniques that can be applied to infinite new culinary creations.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Jose Sanchez</b>, CEC, CHE is currently Director of Culinary at IHG in Osaka-Japan. Prior to his current position, he was executive chef at The Peninsula Hotel in New York City, a Forbes Five-Star hotel and AAA Five Diamond Award(R) winner. Previously, he was responsible for overseeing culinary operations at the Conrad hotel in Tokyo, famed for its two Michelin-starred restaurants. He also held the same position at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington, DC.<br />A certified executive chef, and member of the Chaine des Rotisseurs and half a dozen additional well-respected culinary associations, Jose was also an instructor at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, where he taught culinary arts. He served as executive chef at New York's Morimoto restaurant with acclaimed "Iron Chef" Masaharu Morimoto. While in Japan, he was de chef de cuisine at the well-known Hotel de Mikuni, Tokyo, with chef and owner, Kiyomi Mikuni, widely renowned for his classic French cuisine with a Japanese touch.<br />Jose's fresh approach to cooking and his innovative gastronomic style was developed through his global experience in Japan, the United States, Egypt, Switzerland, France, Mexico, and elsewhere.</p>
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