Name: Cooking as never seen before
Uploaded: 2011-07-05T15:08:00Z
Duration: 9 min 48 s
Description: Cookbook author (and geek) Nathan Myhrvold talks about his magisterial work, "Modernist Cuisine" -- and shares the secret of its cool photographic illustrations, which show cross-sections of food in the very act of being cooked.

Cookbook author (and geek) Nathan Myhrvold talks about his magisterial work, "Modernist Cuisine" -- and shares the secret of its cool photographic illustrations, which show cross-sections of food in the very act of being cooked.

Cooking as never seen before

Cooking is being reinvented by blending scientific understanding with striking visual storytelling. Dishes like the 30-hour hamburger and cross-sectioned woks reveal the hidden physics and chemistry at work. Vivid cutaway photographs, achieved by literally sawing kitchen equipment in half, invite people to see the process in a new light. This approach makes technical knowledge accessible, turning every recipe into an exploration.