I’m giving the opening keynote at the Maine Grain Alliance’s 2025 Kneading Conference, which culimiantes in the Maine Artisan Bread Fair on July 26. My talk is at 8:30 a.m. at the Strand Cinema in Skowhegan, Maine. I’m really looking forward to this one.
by Marion Nestle
Nov
8
2017
“Make November 8 Great Again”—Nathan Myhrvold
And how is the fabulous Nathan doing that? By releasing Modernist Bread this week.
Nathan Myhrvold and Francisco Migoya. Modernist Bread. The Cooking Lab, 2017.
If you have a spare $600 or so, this 53-pound set of coffee-table books will make you happy. If you don’t, plead with your local library to purchase a set.
The books are beyond gorgeous—lavishly illustrated and full of the facts, figures, and results of the Lab’s years of experiments on the history, culture, and deliciousness of bread and bread making.
These books beg to be examined—but also used. That’s why they come with a 6th volume—a user’s guide. For that alone….