# Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for its technique depth, including mass-based baker's percentages and a home-cooked filet that people say beats many restaurants.

## Why people recommend it

- Mass-based baker's percentages (1 comments): "those are all done by mass with baker's percentages" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46638792))
- Filet better than most restaurants (1 comments): "produces a filet better than most restaurants" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49199184))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [The Food Lab by J. Kenji López-Alt](https://hackerapproved.com/p/food-lab.md): 7 recommend
- [On Food and Cooking by Harold McGee](https://hackerapproved.com/p/on-food-and-cooking.md): 3 recommend
- [The Sourdough Framework by Hendricius Ruppel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sourdough-framework.md): 3 recommend
- [The Flavor Bible by Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flavor-bible.md): 3 recommend
- [Tartine Bread by Chad Robertson](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tartine-bread.md): 3 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0982761007?tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9780982761007) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Modernist Cuisine by Nathan Myhrvold", https://hackerapproved.com/p/modernist-cuisine/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).