Russ Parsons: 2 books
How to Pick a Peach
The Search for Flavor from Farm to Table
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
Critics greeted Russ Parsons’ first book, How to Read a French Fry, with raves. The New York Times praised it for its “affable voice and intellectual clarity”; Julia Child lauded it for its “deep factual information.”
Now in How to Pick a Peach, Parsons takes on one of the hottest...
How to Read a French Fry
And Other Stories of Intriguing Kitchen Science
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2003
Why can you stick your hand into a 450-degree oven but not into 212-degree boiling water without burning it? Why does fish taste different from meat? Why do you cook pork differently from beef? Why should you always start cooking dried beans in cold water, not warm? Why should you never cook a Vidalia...