J. Kenji López-Alt

The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science is On Sale Now!

J. Kenji López-Alt is the Managing Culinary Director of Serious Eats, author of the James Beard Award-nominated column The Food Lab, and a columnist for Cooking Light. He lives in San Francisco. A New York native, Kenji cut his cooking chops the old-fashioned way by working his way up through the ranks of some of Boston's finest restaurants. With an education in science and engineering and as a former Senior Editor at Cook's Illustrated and America's Test Kitchen, Kenji is fascinated by the ways in which understanding the science of every day cooking can help improve even simple foods. His first book, The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science will be released this September, followed by a second volume in September of 2017.

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Santa Clarita, CA: Building a Better Thanksgiving

  • College of the Canyons, iCUE, Room 101 26455 Rockwell Canyon Road Santa Clarita, CA, 91355 United States (map)

Learn how to improve thanksgiving classics like roast turkey, stuffing, and mashed potatoes, all with a heavy side of science!

Details to come.

Earlier Event: October 20
L.A.: The Chicken Lab Popup at Tasty Food
Later Event: October 22
San Francisco: Cooking With Science at the Commmonwealth Club