Jeff Potter (Author of Cooking for Geeks)

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Jeff Potter is curious about the science of food and loves finding answers to why ingredients and recipes work the way they do. By bringing science to food-minded people鈥攁nd food to science-minded people鈥攈e blends genres to educate the public about how to master the kitchen. He鈥檚 been featured in USA Today, the Today Show, and is a regular guest on Science Friday. He鈥檚 even had the pleasure (and terror) of making a 500-pound donut for Food Network.

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	Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Cooks, and Good Food 4.05 avg rating — 3,738 ratings — published 2007 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Touch Wood (Narrow Houses vol 2) by Peter Crowther (Editor), Jeff Potter (欧宝娱乐 Author) (illustrator), Kristine Kathryn Rusch "Heart Flesh" (collaborator) 3.44 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1993 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Recumbent Bicycle by Gunnar Fehlau, Jeff Potter (欧宝娱乐 Author) (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Wave Nordic Skiing! [FIXED LAYOUT VERSION]: Not Just Another Ski Book! 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lab: Salmon Gravlax

Salt curing has been used for centuries to preserve 铿乻h caught at sea. It鈥檚 also easy to do at home! Surrounding 铿乻h with a suf铿乧ient quantity of salt draws out the moisture; this is called dry brining. But salt doesn鈥檛 just dry out the food (along with any bacteria and parasites). At suf铿乧ient concentration, dry 鈥�

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“Hackers, makers, programmers, engineers, nerds, techies 鈥� what we鈥檒l call 鈥済eeks鈥� for the rest of the book (deal with it) 鈥� we鈥檙e a creative lot who don鈥檛 like to be told what to do.”
― Jeff Potter, Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food

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“The modern geek is more than just a refined version of the stereotypical movie geek from the 鈥�80s.”
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