The Food Lab: Science in the Kitchen

Published: Sept. 26, 2015, 11:59 p.m.

b'Show #103, Hour 2 | Guest: J. Kenji L\\xf3pez-Alt is the managing culinary director of Serious Eats, author of the James Beard Award-nominated column The Food Lab and a columnist for Cooking Light. He lives in San Mateo, California with his wife Adriana and two dogs, Jam\\xf3n and Shabu. His first book, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science is nearly 1,000 pages and has over 300 foolproof recipes. It\\u2019s a grand tour of the science of cooking explored through popular American dishes, illustrated in full color with thousands of photographs, charts, graphs, and do-at-home experiments. | Show Summary: Chef, writer, and kitchen scientist J. Kenji Lopez-Alt dispels traditional kitchen cooking myths while discussing his new book, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science.'