Moto: The Cookbook

About this book

A masterwork of culinary genius: inside the kitchen at "trailblazing" (Eater) chef Homaro Cantus Moto -- one of the most innovative restaurants in history. At Chicagos world-renowned Michelin-starred restaurant Moto Homaro Cantu pushed the limits of cuisine to deliver an unforgettable experience at the intersection of food art and science. Each meal reimagined what cooking could be: edible menus imbued with the flavors of the dishes to follow carbonated fruit that fizzed when bitten a transparent box that cooked fish in front of your eyes. Chef Cantus work in the kitchen continues to captivate the imagination delight the palate and articulate how futuristic food can help solve global ills like hunger poverty and environmental destruction. From his "zero food mile" kitchen garden to experiments with miracle berries to end our reliance on sugar Cantus mission was to serve dinner with a side of changing the world. Featuring hundreds of stunning photographs Moto: The Cookbook is a living record of a restaurant and a chef who defined modernist cuisine. It reveals the inspiration and groundbreaking techniques behind 100 of Cantus most influential and extraordinary dishes and traces his development from a young chef to a mind on the cutting edge of American food. Moto: The Cookbook will inspire cooks of all abilities.