Modernist Cuisine (hard to lift, but gobsmacking, delicious)

Hailed as 'revolutionary' and 'the book to end all cookbooks', the Modernist Cuisine is a six-volume, 2,438-page set that is des­tined to rein­vent cook­ing. The lav­ishly illus­trated books use thou­sands of orig­i­nal images to make the sci­ence and tech­nol­ogy clear and engaging.

“This book will change the way we under­stand the kitchen.”
— Ferran Adrià

Explore the tome here.

Check out the yummy slideshow here.