A review by wanderonwards
Food IQ: 100 Questions, Answers and Recipes to Raise Your Cooking Smarts by Daniel Holzman, Matt Rodbard

adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Wave for sending me a free ARC in exchange for an honest review. 

 

Food IQ is a Q&A style book geared for home cooks that answers 100 cooking questions, ranging from ingredients to methods and everything in-between. While limiting a book to only 100 questions is difficult, each question is followed by a recipe that uses the skills or techniques covered. I truly enjoyed this style, and as a result, now have several recipes on my radar that I previously hadn’t considered. 

 

Of all the questions, there were many I wanted to know the answers to (such as “Should I feel guilty for loving my microwave?” and “How do I make great coffee, and do I need to spend $300 on beans and gear?”), several that I had prior knowledge of and could confirm from my own cooking adventures, and quite a few I would have never thought of (such as “So I bought the sous vide machine. Now what?” and “How do I strategize a ‘clean out the fridge’ mean?”). Whatever your cooking level, you are sure to find something interesting or new to try within these pages. 

 

I do appreciate that the authors encourage every reader to reach out to them with additional questions - whether those questions are clarification of topics brought up in this book or questions not addressed that need answering - and I hope Food IQ is the first in a series of books. Thank you again to NetGalley and Harper Wave for the opportunity of reviewing an ARC.