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Anyone up for a $427 cookbook (it\'s on sale!)

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thebtls
thebtls Posts: 2,300
edited November -1 in EggHead Forum
http://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Cuisine-Art-Science-Cooking/dp/0982761007

Read a interesting article about this in USA Today this morning. Would be nice to look through...OMG $600 sounds like the fees my daughter is paying for her books at college.
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  • thebtls
    thebtls Posts: 2,300
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    Note on the amazon site: Inventory of this title is limited. We will fulfill orders as quickly as possible, processing orders in the order they were received.
    Visit my blog, dedicated to my Big Green Egg Recipies at http://www.bigtsbge.blogspot.com You can also follow my posts on FaceBook under the name Keep On Eggin' or the link http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Keep-On-Eggin/198049930216241
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  • Crimsongator
    Crimsongator Posts: 5,797
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    You are overlooking the free shipping. That makes it totally worthwhile :P
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  • Photo Egg
    Photo Egg Posts: 12,110
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    At least it's free shipping.LOL
    Thank you,
    Darian

    Galveston Texas
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,026
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    Does it come with a personal chef? Is the book edible? Crazy!
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • LDD
    LDD Posts: 1,225
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    I remember reading something about the photography techniques and equipment were crazy advanced...I guess it's meant to be like a piece of art?

    just not for me.
    context is important :)
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  • Seattle Todd
    Seattle Todd Posts: 227
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    The guy who wrote this book is Nathan Myrhvold, former C.T.O. of Microsoft. He's one of those folks who is a true genious, that word gets thrown around too often like 'epic' does.

    Nathan tends to find new hobbies and gets engrossed in them and has to know everything about them and master them. Cooking was one. He dabbled in BBQ and got so interested he perfected it to the point that he has taken #1 and #2 at the World Championship of Barbecue in Memphis.

    I read a pretty detailed article on this book, the goal of it, what went into it and what it actually is.

    If I had the time to read it, resources to actually make use of some of the techniques and the inclination to spend this kind of cash on a comprehensive volume on food and cooking I would buy it in a second.

    Not saying it's not WAY expensive. Just that it's not a gimmick like those hundreds of dollar burgers and pizzas you sometimes read about at high end NYC restaurants. B)
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  • chocdoc
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    Nathan is seriously into BBQ - bet there will be lots of good info in the book about it.

    Lots of talk over on eGullet about the book - including a Q&A with one of the authors.
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  • thebtls
    thebtls Posts: 2,300
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    Right; I'm gonna put another $500 in a billionaires pocket instead of buy a side of beef for my freezer...not gonna happen. I'll wait for the movie.
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  • Seattle Todd
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    You DO realize that most Americans would consider putting a side of beef in the freezer is pretty eccentric as well don't you? ;)

    Like I said I'm not advocating purchasing this book. And it's really a collection of books. But the guy isn't doing it for the money. Billionaires don't put out $500 cookbooks to pad their pockets. They lose that much in the couch when they sit down after work. :laugh:

    Many influential chefs are calling this the greatest food publication since Escoffier without Googlin' what was that 2 centuries ago?

    That's all I'm sayin'. Google the book, the story, etc.. You'll never buy it, nor will I, but the work put into it is ART and a labor of love that is already making an impact in the professional cooking world.
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  • Hoss
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    If he can walk the walk at MIM,being a Billionaire has gotta help. :) :laugh: That place is where Q is measured in the depth of pockets instead of the smokering. :S
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