TONIGHT: Nathan Myhrvold on How to Use a Centrifuge in the Kitchen
The coauthor of Modernist Cuisine mixes things up at Town Hall.
“This book will change the way we understand the kitchen,” says leading molecular gastronomist Ferran Adrià, of the 2,438-page, six-volume Modernist Cuisine that Nathan Myhrvold coauthored. The former Microsoft chief technology officer will discuss the science of cooking, from sous vide to the many uses of a centrifuge, tonight at 7:30 at Town Hall. And as of this morning, tickets ($5) were still available at brownpapertickets.com. If you want a preview, watch the fairly hilarious Today show video above. Myhrvold, ever earnest, makes a striped mushroom omelette with dehydrated mushroom puree, and Matt Lauer can’t resist a few jabs: “Other than just because you can, what’s the purpose of this?”
There’s even more Myhrvold in our future: Nosh Pit’s Allecia Vermillion reports that he’ll be a guest chef on reality show Top Chef this season, taste testing some of East Texas’s best barbecue. The episode airs January 4.
Tags: Town Hall, Books & Talks, Modernist Cuisine, Nathan Myhrvold



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