Book Reviews | Momofuku Milk Bar Cookbook by Christine Tosi

Book Reviews | Momofuku Milk Bar Cookbook by Christine Tosi - In order to truly embrace Chrisina Tosi's dessert geni...

In order to truly embrace Chrisina Tosi's dessert genius you need to check your adult pastry pretensions at the door and embrace your childhood love of all things sweet. You have to be willing to accept Fruity Pebbles as an ingredient. Tosi, the mad genius behind the taste sensation known as Crack Pie is a big part of the success of David Chang's Momofuku empire. Milk Bar has served as a lab for all sorts of sweet experiments and it has become one of the hottest spots in New York City for urbanites with a serious sweet tooth. The recipes are a rare mix of prefab ingredients and advanced techniques. It's not exactly molecular gastronomy but similar thinking is at work— a deconstruction of the ordinary fare into its parts which are then reassembled in novel way. A simple bowl of breakfast cereal becomes cereal milk panna cotta with cornflake crunch and fresh fruit. Peanut bu...

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