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  1. Picked up World of Nobu and was a bit surprised there are no measurements for anything. I guess it encourages mixing sauces etc until they please you, but I do find the book a bit strange and not sure it's worth the purchase if you have the previous books. It is beautiful though.
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    Making Pappardelle

    I use the pasta dough recipe from the french laundry cookbook for almost everything, its really easy to work with and pretty much foolproof.
  3. http://smile.amazon.com/Mexico-Cookbook-Margarita-Carrillo-Arronte/dp/0714867527/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416459462&sr=1-1&keywords=mexico This rather new book is the closest thing I have seen to David Thomson's Thai Food when it comes to Mexican food as far as being a comprehensive book. It doesn't have quite the amount of history/regional information of Thai food, but its still a great book to thumb through. I have not cooked from it yet, but having looked through it it seems it may be just what you are after.
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    Dinner! 2014 (Part 2)

    I know you have answered this before but I can't find your reply, what kind of plates are those?
  5. I have eaten at Qui (#1) quite a few times with mixed results. Sometimes fantastic, sometimes merely pretty good. I don't think it as good as the work he was doing as Chef de Cuisine at Uchiko. La BBQ is also on the list somewhere in the teens. Totally overhyped in my opinion, its not even close to the best BBQ in the region or even the city.
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    Dinner! 2014 (Part 1)

    Trimmed and glued ribeye cap, pommes puree, kale sauteed in smoked rendered ribeye fat, marchand de vin
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    The Fresh Pasta Topic

    Ive been trying my hand at home made ravioli quite a bit lately, and while the results have always been delicious, my ravioli are always very wrinkly and shriveled looking when I take them out of the water. What is causing this?
  8. 6 books outlining every dish they came up with over this time with essays etc. Appears to be about the size of Modernist Cuisine and has about the same price tag. I can't say I'm really that excited about it but I preordered anyway to add it to the collection as it wil surely be a historical record of what the pinnacle of that movement in cooking was about at the time. Even though it only shuttered 2 years ago, it seems like so much has changed in the culinary landscape. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0714865486/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
  9. I find Benton's much too salty for my tastes. I like it cooked in dishes, but as far as just eating a slice of bacon I think it's just too much. My bacon tastes are pretty pedestrian as I'm happy as can be with regular Wright's bacon from just about any grocery store.
  10. Honestly I would say no, it's not a must have book. I'm a huge Keller fan, but even though it's only 5 years old this book seems dated when it comes to sous vide cookery. Better information is now available on the internet on sites like this and chefsteps, and modernist cuisine is several orders of magnitude better for cook times/temps IMHO
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    Gelatin

    I have "inherited" a few hundred sheets of gelatin in a zip lock, but I have no idea what bloom strength they are. Is there an easy way for me to find out?
  12. I have 6 extra whole prime strip loins laying around at the minute that need to be used. I'd like to experiment and make pastrami with a couple of them. Would I significantly reduce the time cooked sous vide to only a couple of hours since this is already a pretty tender cut, or should I just cook it like the book suggests for shortrib/cheek/brisket/whatever?
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    Mandolines

    Ill second the Benriner recommendation. Ive used tons of different mandolines in various kitchens, but I always come back to the trusty benriner for making uniform paper thin slices. If you are going to use it to make gaufrettes or something you will want something like you linked in the OP
  14. Used them at least a dozen times with zero issues. Would not hesitate to use them again.
  15. Most green vegetables or leafy greens are much better prepared in traditional methods. Cooking them sous vide can lead to discoloration etc. Sous vide is great, but for some things traditional cooking methods are just much better.
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