Alinea Hardcover – Illustrated, October 1, 2008

G. Achatz has a truly amazing brain!! I consider myself able to read well, follow recipes exactly, and be a fairly decent home cook (albeit probably not to any fabulous chefs nor my family). This book took my breath away!! ALINEA has absolutely beautiful pictures, amazingly detailed recipes, and wonderful text and content!!! But, I don’t think I will ever be able to successfully make anything in it. Each recipe is written so that its outcome will be a magnificent and delicious result of the creative mind of G.A. I completely understand that fact, hence why I bought the book. But, due to my limited cooking abilities I would ruin the integrity of the recipe, the genius that created it, and my result would most likely be inedible. My New Year’s resolution will be to try to make and enjoy one of his recipes! BUT, I promise not to share (or photograph) said results, because in doing so I would embarrass myself and/or be disrespectful to the Author!! Thank you G.A. for a fabulous and beautiful book!! P.S. Another New Year’s resolution will be to totally lie and tell everyone I made the recipes...and the results were delicious and fabulous!!!

This is the most complicated cookbook I have ever seen. If you want a challenge, like to constantly up your game, and want to buy lists of ingredients and pieces of equipment that you dont own, then get this book. I have started to wear out the binding from using it. This is college varsity level cooking. Expect some things to not work out, do some research, and try again it will work. Chef Achatz and his team have created some crazy wonderful things. Most importantly, they have captured the detail needed to recreate them. Directions are straightforward, meaning they expect you know what they are talking about when they explain it like a chef, and they expect you own things like a sous vide, a chinois, lab grade sieves, and jars of modernist ingredients. I was able to work around the equipment that was out of sight, like a rotovap, or a refrigerated centrifuge. this is a great companion to the Modernist Cuisine box set. When I received this book, I flipped through it for two days straight, back and forth. I have made several things for small and large groups, and they were fantastic, everyone was amazed and even though I gave full credit to Alinea and Chef Achatz there were high marks for execution. The ideas and thoughts I used to create my own dishes have also resulted in amazing things. If you are not a professional chef but cook like one, get this book.

If you're a fan of Alinea, then you know the restaurant is much more than just a restaurant. It's an experience. The book, Alinea, is an extension of the experience. The narrative is very interesting to read. The recipes are written such that you can easily take a dish apart and construct your own creation from it. So, you can take the recipe for a sauce and apply it to your steak or shrimp and make your ordinary dinner something extraordinary. There is even helpful information about substitutes for hard-to-find ingredients.The book is a companion to a website that is available only to people who have purchased the book. I haven't visited the website yet, but the book claims that Grant Achatz and his staff participate in online discussions and there are supposed to be videos on the website that accompany many of the recipes. I'm very much looking forward to exploring this.If Alinea is a three-star restaurant, then this book is worth five stars on Amazon. It's exceptionally well done. I highly recommend it.

I had the pleasure of dining at Alinea in June of 09. My son requested this as his graduation present from U Chicago Law School. I have eaten at the finest restaurants around the world and all I can say is Alinea is in a class by itself. I was given a short tour of the kitchen afterwards. It made me think of NASA. If you are a foodie this is Mecca. The book is an astonishingly beautiful coffee table class book. The size, photography, design, and production conjures up a fine art book. I have been a serious amateur chef for nearly 40 years and what is very clear is that this is not a book for beginners. It assumes a fairly high level of skill and familiarity with advanced practices. That said, this is a treasure trove of innovation and methods to challenge the skills and imagination of anyone who loves to cook. The only other book I think it compares to is The French Laundry Cookbook by Thomas Keller. Both of these chefs rank amongst the top innovators in the world of fine cuisine. If you really want to push yourself as a chef buy this book. If you simply want an astonishingly beautiful coffee table conversation piece buy this book. Whatever you do make sure dining at Alinea is on your "Bucket List."

I'll keep it short!! I purchased this book after eating at Alinea and falling in love with his modern cuisine.As a chef you can only idolize what Grant does and attempt to do some of his magic. The book is easy to read and follow! Some of his recipes and stuff in here is a little dated compared to what he knows and puts out but still amazing and delicious!!The only down side is that to completely complete one whole meal, you need to have crazy machines, ingredients, time, and money!!!!!! I have successfully replicated some of his dishes but man, it was no easy or cheap chore!! While in the end it was great and rewarding!! I don't think I will EVER be able to complete most of what he has in there!!If you're a chef is is a must have in your repertoire!!! And I highly recommend saving some money, time, and buying tickets early to go try some of his amazing food!!!

This is a book for professionals with an unlimited budget . These are very technical recipes with rare and expensive ingriedients

Grants achatz es uno de los mejores chefs actuales! El libro es espectacular. Son recetas complicadas y difíciles de hacer en casa si no se cuentan con muchos aditamentos de cocina, pero aún así vale la pena por las fotos y la creatividad de los platos

Excelente

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Excelente libro, de los mejores, espectacular como pocos en el mundo, excelentes recetas para poder preparar y disfrutar más .

Increíble libro