Food Science

Best-selling author Jeff Alworth takes serious beer aficionados on a behind-the-scenes tour of 26 major European and North American breweries....

In hundreds of easy-to-make recipes, you will find out how to make foolproof Hollandaise sauce in just two minutes, how to transform one simple tomato sauce into a half dozen dishes, how to make the crispiest, creamiest potato casserole ever conceived, and much more....

From the author of The Moth in the Iron Lung comes a riveting exploration of how science, technology, and fear transformed our relationship with one of humanity's most ancient foods.

"What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat....

An engaging and far-reaching exploration of refrigeration, tracing its evolution from scientific mystery to globe-spanning infrastructure, and an essential investigation into how it has remade our entire relationship with food—for better and for worse....

When you're cooking, you're a chemist! Every time you follow or modify a recipe you are experimenting with acids and bases, emulsions and suspensions, gels and foams....

One of America's top doctors reveals how AI will empower physicians and revolutionize patient care....

Based on the popular Harvard University and edX course, Science and Cooking explores the scientific basis of why recipes work....

For the last fifty years, we have been fighting a losing war on food. We have cut fat, reduced carbs, eliminated sugar, and attempted every conceivable diet only to find that eighty-eight million American adults are prediabetic....

Oxford professor Charles Spence shows how our senses link up in the most extraordinary ways and reveals the importance of all the off-the-plate elements of a meal....

In an engaging tour of the science and history of cheese, Michael Tunick explores the art of cheese making....

The founder and editor of the world's most popular BBQ and grilling website, amazingribs.com, Meathead Goldwyn applies the latest research to backyard cooking more than 100 thoroughly tested recipes....

Jamie Goode brings his authoritative voice to the table once again to demystify the science behind what causes a good bottle of wine to go bad. By exposing the root causes of faults in wine, Flawless challenges us to rethink our assumptions about how wine should taste....

In Fermentation as Metaphor, stemming from his personal obsession with all things fermented, Katz meditates on his art and work, drawing connections between microbial communities and aspects of human culture....

Still drinking Cabernet after that one bottle you liked five years ago? It can be overwhelming if not intimidating to branch out from your go-to grape....

In this book, Rob Arnold reveals how innovative whiskey producers are recapturing a sense of place to create distinctive, nuanced flavors. He takes listeners on a world tour of whiskey and the science of flavor....

Modern science has brought us produce in perpetual abundance - once-rare fruits are seemingly never out of season....

With chronic disorders among American children reaching epidemic levels, hundreds of thousands of parents are desperately seeking solutions to their children's declining health, often with little medical guidance....

Break out the TV dinners! From the author who gave us Cod, Salt, and other informative bestsellers, the first biography of Clarence Birdseye....

Why You Eat What You Eat examines the sensory, psychological, neuroscientific, and physiological factors that influence our eating habits....

For most people, giving up the day job and moving to a beautiful area of France and living off the vines is an impossible but delicious dream....

Acclaimed health journalist and National Geographic contributor Maryn McKenna documents how antibiotics transformed chicken from local delicacy to industrial commodity - and human health threat - uncovering the ways we can make America's favorite meat safer again....

Diet, by definition, is the type of food consumed in a certain period....

This audiobook explains the scientific tools and techniques that revealed the century's biggest food fraud scams....

Figuring out "what's for dinner on Mars" is far from trivial. If we can figure out how to sustain ourselves on Mars, we will know how to do it on Earth too. Dinner on Mars shows how setting the table off-planet will supercharge efforts to produce food sustainably here at home....