Bill Buford gushes about Harold McGee over at NPR. If you don't have McGee's On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen in your kitchen, you are missing a critical component of your food library. Every time I open it, I lose myself and just want to read forever. It's perfect for melding of my geeky side and my food side.
Posted on August 11, 2006
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