Nerd Can Cook

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1. Nerd can cook Devs Love Bacon / London 2012 Aaron

   Quint - @aq

2. By day CTO of Paperless post

3. By Night Obsessive amateur chef

4. of _any_ kind No formal training

5. Graduated with a BA in Art History No computer science

   degree

6. Well, my wife gifted a knife skills class once. Best.

   Gift. Ever. No culinary training

7. Thats how I do. 100% Self taught

8. Feel free to call me on my bullshit. In other

   words

9. The Keynote. JSConf 2010

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11. Crafts. Programing & Cooking

12. Similarities are endless

13. Draw your own connections. This is a talk about food

    & cooking.

14. Bacon WAS JUST THE BEGINNING

15. Pastrami

16. Cheese

17. Haggis

18. Just a little. I’m a little obsessed.

19. Or how to achieve greatness in food. Cooking as the

    quest for perfection

20. Thomas Keller, The French Laundry Cookbook “When you acknowledge, as

    you must, that there is no such thing as perfect food, only the idea of it, the the real purpose of striving for perfection becomes clear: to make people happy. Thats what cooking is all about.”
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22. Grant Achatz, “Life on the Line” “There were a few

    unspoken rules: chef Keller was God; try to be like chef Keller, exactly; the food was perfect or it was wrong; failure was never an option; and ‘yes, Chef’ was the only proper response to any request.”

23. Or how to make your partner and friends very happy.

    How to strive for perfection at home

24. Towards Perfection

25. Towards Perfection • Knowledge

26. Towards Perfection • Knowledge • Technique

27. Towards Perfection • Knowledge • Technique • Creativity

28. Seriously. You need it. Knowledge

29. REad.

30. And when they tell you to do things, you do

    them. These people Know things.

31. There is a reason for everything. Technique

32. It’s not about small, its about shapely. Knife skills

33. Perfect just means even http://www.flickr.com/photos/redpeace/6277431836/lightbox/

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38. HEAT

39. HEAT HEAT

40. HEAT HEAT

41. HEAT HEAT

42. Even. Tasty. Polka Dots.

43. “It says blanch the veg, put it in an ice

    bath, _then_ put it in the pan . . . ehhh” Blanching

44. Blanching. Just Do it.

45. The #1 Forgotten Rule of Meat Cookery. Don’t touch it.

46. If every piece is perfect, the final dish will be

    perfect. (DE/RE)composition

47. Daniel Humm and Will Guidara, Eleven Madison Park Cookbook “We

    define excelence as the culmination of thousands of details executed perfectly. We understand that true perfection is unattainable. But rather than be discouraged by that fact, we find inspiration in getting as close as possible.”

48. Thomas Keller’s three day >50 ingredient beef bourguignon

49. AKA Patient Food. Cooking with Time

50. The gateway drug. How to Make Pickles

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58. Pickles

59. Or Corned Beef, or Bacon. One special ingredient. Thats it.

    HOW TO MAKE Pastrami.
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67. Pastrami.

68. Patience. And a nice digital scale. How to make bread.

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74. Beautiful Bread.

75. Technology as a tool for perfection. Cooking with Science

76. Sous Vide. How to perfect temperature.

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79. Water

80. Water

81. Water Heating Elements

82. Water Heating Elements

83. Water Heating Elements Thermocouple

84. Water Heating Elements Thermocouple

85. Water Heating Elements Thermocouple Pump

86. Water Heating Elements Thermocouple Pump 60.5 40.8

87. Water Heating Elements Thermocouple Pump 60.5 40.8 PID Controller

88. Water Heating Elements Thermocouple Pump 60.5 40.8 PID Controller

89. Water Heating Elements Thermocouple Pump 60.5 40.8 PID Controller

90. Water Heating Elements Thermocouple Pump 60.5 40.8 PID Controller

91. Water Heating Elements Thermocouple Pump 60.5 40.8 PID Controller Food

    Sealed in Vacuum Bag

92. Eggs. 60.5C for 45 mins.

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94. Besides impressing your friends. BUt WHY?

95. Getting iN Touch with your food.

96. Its about knowing and owning a major part of your

    existence. Not just about organic or local or gourmet

97. I’m not perfect.

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99. I allow myself the occasional M.B.U.O.

100. I allow myself the occasional M.B.U.O.

101. I allow myself the occasional M.B.U.O. Massive Burrito of Unknown

     Origin

102. Just try harder. Love what you eat

103. Snobs eat better. Be a Snob.

104. twitter: @aq web: http://www.quirkey.com http://dev.paperlesspost.com Thanks!