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JulianCook

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  1. Being primarily an open source engineer, I avoid Amazon's specific proprietary formats like they're the plague. ePub is not a proprietary format and I use that. I read them on the Kindle fire using the super awesome Moon+ reader. :-)
  2. Speaking for the ePub format, it's nothing more a mini-website that's been zipped up and renamed to "epub" extension. I often dissect them to bring the image file sizes down.
  3. Having been a software engineer for 30 years, eBook cookbooks are just a natural for me. I have literally thousands of cookbooks on the SD card of my 10 inch Kindle. I also travel a lot and read cookbooks like others read novels. I can be in Europe, Asia or wherever and always have great reading.
  4. As far a being able to enjoy the coffee flavor and avoid the finer notes that get destroyed when using heat, seems like you might want to make a cold brew with your preferred coffee, then make a reduction from that. Since you aren't applying heat directly against the bean you are avoiding the nastiness that comes with unwanted oils coming out from the bean, but now that I am typing this, I realize that heat of reduction may destroy the finer notes of the cold brew. As an alternative, maybe u could try dehydrating the cold brew and making a powder. Ideally freeze drying would be preferred .... I could be wrong about all of this but it is a nice brainstorming exercise EDITED: I did not read the entire thread so I'm not sure I am adding anything to the discussion but I can't thank you enough for starting this thread. So much good info.
  5. Hi everyone, I guess it was the six months off I took in 2005, traveling through Europe and Africa, that brought me to my love of food. Better late than never I suppose. While I am interested in classic techniques, I really honed in on the science of flavor. Why foods complement each other and other interesting facts in the annals of flavor history. I am in awe of probably.... well ... everyone here and look to just soak up some good knowledge. Julian
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