Food IQ: 100 Questions, Answers & Recipes by Holzman & Rodbard - Non Fiction - Hardback

Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780063062818
Publisher: Harper Wave
Age Range: Adult

Overview
Food IQ is the ultimate kitchen companion for curious home cooks, from chef Daniel Holzman and food writer Matt Rodbard. Winner of the 2023 IACP Cookbook Award and a Publishers Weekly bestseller, this hardback guide tackles 100 essential cooking questions with wit, warmth, and genuinely useful answers. Packed with recipes, illustrations, and conversations with leading chefs and writers, it turns everyday kitchen confusion into confident, delicious cooking for novices and adventurous cooks alike.

About the Book
When food writer Matt Rodbard met chef Daniel Holzman while covering the opening of his restaurant, The Meatball Shop, on New York's Lower East Side, it sparked a friendship built on endless questions about food. More than a decade on, the pair write a popular column together and are constantly swapping ideas, texts, and kitchen debates. In Food IQ, they finally share that curiosity with home cooks everywhere.

Structured around 100 essential cooking questions, the book explains the science and technique behind everyday kitchen dilemmas — why restaurant pasta always tastes better, when it's genuinely fine to cook with frozen vegetables, and what baker's math actually means for perfect pastry. Alongside the answers sit dozens of practical recipes, including Oyakodon (chicken and eggs poached in sweet soy dashi), a cast-iron quesadilla, and a reliable 40-minute red sauce.

Throughout, Holzman and Rodbard blend hard-won kitchen wisdom with genuine humour, stunning photography, and illuminating conversations with notable food-world figures including Ina Garten, Roy Choi, Eric Ripert, Helen Rosner, Thérèse Nelson, Priya Krishna, and Claire Saffitz. Covering everything from grilling and sous vide to handmade pasta, canned fish, salt, olive oil, and natural wine, Food IQ is a genuinely comprehensive reference for the modern kitchen.

Key Benefits

• 100 essential, clearly answered cooking questions covering technique and science
• Dozens of tested, practical recipes for everyday cooking
• Insights and conversations from acclaimed chefs and food writers
• Winner of the 2023 IACP Cookbook Award and a Publishers Weekly bestseller
• Beautifully illustrated hardback, ideal for gifting to any home cook

About the Authors
Daniel Holzman is a professional chef and co-founder of The Meatball Shop restaurants in New York City, known for his hands-on, practical approach to home cooking. Matt Rodbard is a food writer and editor whose work explores the culture and craft of cooking. The pair met while Rodbard covered the opening of Holzman's restaurant, and have since become close collaborators, co-writing a popular food column together. Their combined expertise as chef and journalist gives Food IQ its distinctive blend of technical authority and engaging storytelling.

Why You'll Love This Cookbook
Funny, smart, and genuinely useful, Food IQ answers the kitchen questions you've always wondered about. It's the perfect gift for curious cooks who want to understand the "why" behind every technique, not just the recipe.

Please Note: Cover image shown is for illustration; you will receive the UK edition with this exact ISBN, as new.