The Food Lab, J. Kenji López-Alt

Better food starts with understanding why things work.

In The Food Lab, J. Kenji López-Alt uses food science to improve familiar everyday dishes. Through hundreds of recipes and over 1000 pictures he tests techniques, busts kitchen myths and explains what happens in the pot and the pan.

The result is an engaging cookbook that makes you a more confident and independent cook. Thorough enough for the nerd, but written for anyone who simply wants to cook better at home.