Moto: the Cookbook

A masterwork of culinary genius: inside the kitchen at "trailblazing" (Eater) chef Homaro Cantu's Moto--one of the most innovative restaurants in history. At Chicago's world-renowned, Michelin-starred restaurant Moto, Homaro Cantu pushed the limits of cuisine to deliver an unforgettable experience at the intersection of food, art, and science. Each meal reimagined what cooking could be: edible menus imbued with the flavors of the dishes to follow, carbonated fruit that fizzed when bitten, a transparent box that cooked fish in front of your eyes. Chef Cantu's work in the kitchen continues to captivate the imagination, delight the palate, and articulate how futuristic food can help solve global ills like hunger, poverty, and environmental destruction. From his "zero food mile" kitchen garden to experiments with miracle berries to end our reliance on sugar, Cantu's mission was to serve dinner with a side of changing the world. Featuring hundreds of stunning photographs, MOTO: The Cookbook is a living record of a restaurant and a chef who defined modernist cuisine. It reveals the inspiration and groundbreaking techniques behind 100 of Cantu's most influential and extraordinary dishes, and traces his development from a young chef to a mind on the cutting edge of American food. MOTO: The Cookbook will inspire cooks of all abilities.

Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Publisher's Note; Introduction; How to Use this Book; 2004; A Study in Utensils; Bass Box; Capon with Kentucky Fried Ice Cream; Duck Pull Apart; Wood-Poached Pork Belly with Beans and Rice; Chilled Apple Pie with Hot Ice Cream; Chocolate Rice Pudding; Fennel Forms; Freeze-Dried Corn Crème Brûlée; White Truffle Ice Cream Spaghetti; 2005; Taste of the Tasting Menu; 2-D Maki; Déjà Vu; Lobster with Freshly Squeezed Orange Soda; Road Kill; Triple Seared Kobe Beef; Birthday Cake and Ice Cream; Carrot Cake Sphere; Donut Soup; Hot Ice Cream Part 2

20064-D Maki; Egg Drop Soup; Hot Pizza Soup with Caesar Salad Dots; M.C. Escher Surf and Turf; Veal Breast and Sweet Potato Chain; BBQ Brisket with Coleslaw and Cornbread; Beets and Yogurt; Cotton Candy 3 Ways; Dessert Nachos; Flapjacks Made Tableside; 2007; Synthetic Champagne; Chorizo Margarita; Greek Salad; Black Course; Fruits de Mer; Tuna Grilled Tableside; Impossible Box with Mushrooms; Caramel Apple; Biscuit Crème Brûlée; Hot Dog; 2008; Champagne and Caviar Edible Menu; Fauxjito; Nitro Sushi; Oil Spill; Passion Fruit Noodle; Pretzel Soup; Cuban Cigar; Quail with Puffed Mac and Cheese

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