My fiance was not taught to cook growing up and I turned out to be a lousy teacher, so I was looking for a cookbook that would interest him and also teach him the basics in an exciting way. I stumbled across Cooking for Geeks and it's been a godsend. My fiance considers himself a life-long devotee of science and this was the perfect approach for teaching him to cook - the "experiments" are well-structured, engaging, and simple. He uses this book constantly and he's learned great tips and tricks from playing around with this book. He is very quickly becoming far more skilled in the kitchen than I am, and now he knows all the science to back up his culinary successes! received this as a gift from my wonderful wife after I expressed the desire to understand what goes on at a chemical level when I bake. well this book is just what I wanted. the recipes are great and the author provides countless tips and techniques that most cook books would skip. Jeff Potter changed the way I make crepes and helped me understand what the recipes I was trying to follow were actually doing.
If you are interested in learning the science behind cooking, this is a book you should read.
—B2UTY
Mostly good layman's science behind cooking. But, um, nitrogen is NOT a noble gas...
—JazmineSmith
Great book to get a deeper understanding of the science behind cooking.
—Asa
Decent book, but I couldn't fake any interest in the subject matter.
—Johnn
Awesome book! Highly recommended to the engineer/chef in your life.
—ladybogdan
