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from the reviews about the authors writing style and sense of humor, I feel I don't want to read it. Can you suggest a good book about the science of cooking as an alternative to this?

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Dave good alternatives to this would be "Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat" and "On Food and Cooking" (although the second doesn't have many recipes, it is the go-to reference for this subject)
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The Food Lab
by J. Kenji López-Alt
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