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I have no hesitation in joining the ranks of food geeks or nerds especially if it leads to an invitation to dine at the Modernist Lab in Bellevue, Washington. It was an amazing meal that marked this years Cinco de Mayo with a Taco el pastor imprinted with an image of the guest of honor that night the very cool, long haired affable chef of Faaviken in Sweden. As I flew to Seattle on the day of the dinner I knew that the evening would be exciting with an opportunity to visit the inner sanctum of the high tech modernist cuisine proponent, Nathan Myhrvold. Having Magnus as a dinner companion made the evening even more unforgettable.
You have so many passions and varied interests ranging from paleontology , photography, history, scientific research, and food, but which particular aspect of cuisine interests you the most? Is it the creation, or the comprehension, the process, or the invention?
Heston Blumenthal started cooking this way in the UK and then it came to the U.S. Then the Scandinavian chefs started cooking this way too so I view all of these movements as modernist. Like modernism in art they are about creating a new thing though inspired by the past. They were not slavishly following the past just like this new movement in Scandinavia which I consider to be modernist even though they might be cooking with old techniques they are still their own and not French. Not that there is anything wrong with French cooking!
Hi there! I'm Jason Logsdon and I'm here to help you get started down the road to modernist cooking! I know how intimidating "Modernist Cooking" can be, especially with so much of the focus on the amazing work done by Alinea, Ferran Adria, Modernist Cuisine and the other great chefs. But don't worry, modernist cooking doesn't have to be that hard or that fancy!
I'm really honored you choose me to assist you with your cooking journey. My goal is to help you get familiar with my website so you can learn everything you need to know about getting started with modernist cooking. Modernist cooking really doesn't have to be any more difficult than other styles of cooking. And most of all, remember to have fun!
At some point in the past, almost everything we use in our kitchen was considered modernist. Ovens were thought to destroy the flavors of hearth roasting and made cooking "impersonal". Things we take for granted like baking powder, a variety of spices, and pure salt and sugar weren't found in any but the finest kitchens. Even tomatoes were considered super-modernist and "unfit for eating" at one time.
Some of today's modernist ingredients are actually traditional foods that have been used longer than the tomato! Carrageenan has been used in Ireland to create puddings for centuries and is extracted from seaweed. Agar is just a natural vegetable counterpart to gelatin and has been used in Asia since the 1600s.
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Because of the breadth of knowledge modernist cooking covers it can be intimidating to figure out where to start. I think the easiest place to begin is to focus on a single ingredient or technique and try it out several times until you feel comfortable with it, then move on to the next one. I suggest you first understand how to measure modernist ingredients for modernist cooking. I also recommend some of my favorite techniques and ingredients for beginners and highlight the most popular articles on my site. Or you can choose a specific one that interests you below.
When it comes to equipment you can check out my guide to required modernist equipment and for a nice starter kit with modernist ingredients you can check out my modernist cooking kit reviews, one of which also comes with my comprehensive Modernist Cooking Made Easy: Getting Started book.
For recipes, you can check out some of the easier recipes I have on the site. They will help demonstrate many of the techniques and ingredients with simple-to-follow directions. You can also view all of my modernist recipes.
Learning a new subject always leads to lots of questions so I've set up several places you can get help. I have a very helpful modernist forums that cooks of all levels contribute to. You also can contact me directly through email or by posting on my Facebook page.
I really appreciate you letting me help you get started on your modernist cooking journey! I'm sure that working together we'll get you comfortable using the latest modernist tools, techniques, and ingredients when you're looking to add a bang to your cooking!
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For the modernist version, the essential steps are still there, but the bulk of the actual cooking and softening the meat is done by cooking it sous vide. After the meat, brisket in my case, is brine-cured I rolled it in the spice mixture and then cold-smoked it for a few hours. To cook the meat I put it in a FoodSaver bag with some of the brine liquid (that was boiled and cooled) and then it went into the water with the immersion circulator set to 60 C for 72 hours. This cooking process is pretty much the same one that the MC team uses for their barbecue recipes: season/brine, cold smoke and then cook SV (I posted about this a while back here).
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