British Grant is obsessed with a place that would terrify most Yanks: Mexico's Sierra Madre mountains. Populated with drug lords and drunkards, more than three hours from any law enforcement, the Sierra Madres are also fiercely beautiful and physically challenging. Grant learns firsthand how such beauty and ugliness can co-exist.
As the founder of molecular gastronomy (the scientific study of culinary practice), This's groundbreaking research into the chemistry & physics behind everyday cooking is widely used by amateur cooks & professional chefs worldwide. In Kitchen Mysteries, he answers fundamental questions, including what causes vegetables to change color when cooked and how to keep a souffl