Kamikaze cookery

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by / October 8th, 2008

There’s a new weekly cooking show you shouldn’t miss. It’s about cooking and science, or “Kamikaze cookery” to be more precise. And there’s a good dash of humor as well which doesn’t hurt. The first episode out is on how to cook that perfect steak (it’s embedded below, but on their site you can watch it at a better resolution). I’ve covered the topic before in my post on DIY sous-vide, but their video is much more entertaining :) They use a vacuum cleaner to suck out the air and a blow torch for the Maillard reaction! There is also a blog accompanying the videos. Hereby recommended!

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  1. HUgh Hancock Says:
    October 9th, 2008 at 10:52 am

    Thanks very much for the recommendation! We’ve got another 12 episodes coming in this season, covering both molecular gastronomy stuff and more general foodie topics (do celebrity chef recipes actually work? Is a 100% locally-sourced diet a good idea?). Hope you enjoy ‘em!

  2. Örjan Says:
    October 9th, 2008 at 1:42 pm

    Thanks for the recommendation.

  3. katie Says:
    October 9th, 2008 at 8:37 pm

    That was hilarious. I love it!

  4. Chou Says:
    October 9th, 2008 at 11:43 pm

    Oooh, this is fun! I can’t wait to share it with my fire-loving other half.

  5. Lars Says:
    October 10th, 2008 at 9:23 pm

    If these guys keep it up, they will blow themselves up before they get to part 3 :)

  6. Erik Says:
    October 11th, 2008 at 2:33 pm

    Tacky, way out of convention, and great fun. Not too tacky, however, as my wife acknowledged it as “appropriately tacky” :)

  7. guillaume Says:
    October 19th, 2008 at 6:39 pm

    Very intelligent. Bright & clever. Mean & lean.
    Perhaps you can help me. Normally we pull off the head of young pigeons by hand, before we prepare them to a delicious meal.
    Got any alternative ?

  8. restaurant a paris Says:
    October 24th, 2008 at 3:11 am

    good blog, keep going on!!

  9. Jean-François Says:
    July 14th, 2009 at 6:40 am

    The video of Kamikaze Cookery is excellent! This video inspired me experimenting (not is such crazy way) myself all sous vide appliance and techniques.

    Jean-François

  10. Martin Lersch Says:
    July 18th, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    Jean: Congratulations with a new blog. I’ve added you to my list of blogs: http://blog.khymos.org/links/people/

  11. Jean-François Says:
    July 18th, 2009 at 10:29 pm

    Martin,

    Thanks a lot! Sous vide cooking is such a fun, I hope this blog will help people to take the plunge and try this avant-garde cooking technique.

    Jean-François