es un extraordinario compendio de información básica acerca de los ingredientes, las técnicas culinarias y los placeres del comer, que deleitará y fascinará a cualquiera que haya cocinado, saboreado la comida o disfrutado alguna vez de ella. Organizado a modo de diccionario, con numerosos cuadros explicativos, en sus páginas podemos hallar desde las distintas familias de alimentos hasta el mejor modo de prepararlos, la evolución de la gastronomía a lo largo de la historia o las reacciones físicas y químicas que sufren los alimentos cuando se cocinan. Con el prólogo de Andoni Adúriz, chef del restaurante Mugaritz (Guipúzcoa), elegido el décimo mejor restaurante del mundo en 2006, es una edición especial encuadernada en tela. Perfecta para regalar Andoni Aduriz, Restaurante Mugaritz is an extraordinary compendium of basic information about ingredients, culinary techniques, and the pleasure of eating that will delight and fascinate anyone who's ever cooked, savored, or enjoyed food. Organized as a dictionary, with numerous explanatory boxes, in its pages we can find everything from the different food families to the best method for preparing them, the evolution of gastronomy throughout history or the physical and chemical reactions that food goes through when cooked. With a prologue by Andoni Adúriz, chef of the restaurant Mugaritz (Guipúzcoa), chosen as the tenth best restaurant in the world in 2006, is a special cloth bound edition. Perfect for gift giving. "Harold McGee entertains in this book with a true encyclopedic pen, wise, thorough, brilliant. It's one of the fundamental works that we were hoping to see translated to castellan and I truly can't wait to get it, as soon as possible, in my hands. An essential classic that every civilized gourmet will be eager to have in his or her library." -Andoni Aduriz, Restaurante Mugaritz