"Some works are so original they defy classification. Such a book is Harold McGee's The Curious Cook."
--Los Angeles Times

"The Curious Cook is an indispensable kitchen companion to conventional teaspoon-of-this, dash-of-that cooking volumes."
--Village Voice

"If you want to know what you're doing in the kitchen and be entertained while you find out, you must read this book."
--Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue

"A thoroughly charming and extremely useful new book."
--Washington Post

"The Curious Cook is as explosive as a le Carré yarn, as simple as good bread, as complex as a classic sauce, and as enlightening as only Harold McGee can be."
--George Lang, owner of the Café des Artistes restaurant in New York City