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    Good Food

    When Home Cooks Take On Uncookable Cookbooks

    Allen Hemberger is an audacious home cook who decided to make every recipe in the highly technical 400 page cookbook, Alinea . The book is based off of the recipes from a fine dining restaurant of the same name in Chicago.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Sep 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Allen Hemberger is an audacious home cook who decided to make every recipe in the highly technical 400 page cookbook, Alinea. The book is based off of the recipes from a fine dining restaurant of the same name in Chicago.

    It took him five years to make every recipe, and in the end he turned to Kickstarter to fund his own book about the process.

    The full episode

    2 of 7
    Four Successful Food-Kickstarters, The Huckleberry Cookbook, Gazpacho
    1. 0:00Omnivore Salt
    2. 7:44When Home Cooks Take On Uncookable CookbooksYou’re reading this
    3. 17:27Nomiku: The Immersion Circulator for Home-cooks
    4. 26:29Exo: A Cricket Based Protein Bar
    5. 34:16The Huckleberry Cookbook
    6. 44:59Jonathan Gold Reviews Superba Food and Bread
    7. 51:19Market Report
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Gillian Ferguson

      Supervising Producer, Good Food

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Caroline Chamberlain

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      CultureFood & Drink

    The full episode

    2 of 7
    Four Successful Food-Kickstarters, The Huckleberry Cookbook, Gazpacho
    1. 0:00Omnivore Salt
    2. 7:44When Home Cooks Take On Uncookable CookbooksYou’re reading this
    3. 17:27Nomiku: The Immersion Circulator for Home-cooks
    4. 26:29Exo: A Cricket Based Protein Bar
    5. 34:16The Huckleberry Cookbook
    6. 44:59Jonathan Gold Reviews Superba Food and Bread
    7. 51:19Market Report
    Back to Good Food