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Two masters of composition--a chef and a perfumer--present a revolutionary new approach to creating delicious, original food.In a world awash in cooking shows, food blogs, and recipes, the art of flavor has been surprisingly neglected. The multibillion-dollar flavor industry practices its dark arts by manipulating synthetic ingredients, and home cooks are taught to wield the same blunt instruments: salt, acid, sugar, heat. But foods in their natural state are infinitely more nuanced than the laboratory can replicate--and offer far greater possibilities for deliciousness.Chef Daniel Patterson and natural perfumer Mandy Aftel are experts at orchestrating ingredients, and here they teach listeners how to make the most of nature's palette via mind-opening and palate-expanding tools and principles: the four basic rules for creating flavor; a flavor "compass" that points the way to transformative combinations of aromatic ingredients; learning to deploy cooking methods for maximum effect; and mastering the seven "dials" that let you fine-tune a dish.
About the Author
Daniel Patterson is the author of the bestselling mystery, One Chance. Before turning his attention to writing, Daniel spent his days working as an executive in the Internet industry. A San Francisco native, Daniel currently resides in Southern California where he is busy working on the second book in the Penelope Chance Mystery series.
To learn more about Daniel, his current projects and up coming releases, visit him on his Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/DanielPattersonAuthor
