Food IQ: 100 Questions, Answers & Recipes by Holzman & Rodbard - Non Fiction - Hardback

Details. Condition: Brand New. Format: Hardback. ISBN: 9780063062818. Publisher: Harper Wave. Age Range: Adult. Overview. Food IQ is the ultimate kitchen companion for curious home cooks, from chef Daniel Holzman and food writer Matt Rodbard. Winner of the 2023 IACP Cookbook Award and a Publishers Weekly bestseller, this hardback guide tackles 100 essential cooking questions with wit, warmth, and genuinely useful answers. Packed with recipes, illustrations, and conversations with leading chefs and writers, it turns everyday kitchen confusion into confident, delicious cooking for novices and adventurous cooks alike.. About the Book. When food writer Matt Rodbard met chef Daniel Holzman while covering the opening of his restaurant, The Meatball Shop, on New York's Lower East Side, it sparked a friendship built on endless questions about food. More than a decade on, the pair write a popular column together and are constantly swapping ideas, texts, and kitchen debates. In Food IQ, they finally share that curiosity with home cooks everywhere.. Structured around 100 essential cooking questions, the book explains the science and technique behind everyday kitchen dilemmas — why restaurant pasta always tastes better, when it's genuinely fine to cook with frozen vegetables, and what baker's math actually means for perfect pastry. Alongside the answers sit dozens of practical recipes, including Oyakodon (chicken and eggs poached in sweet soy dashi), a cast-iron quesadilla, and a reliabl...