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Alinea
by Grant Achatz
from Ten Speed Press
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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Elegance 
A friend of mine bought this book and loved it so much he also bought an autographed copy too. I got to read the book at my friend's place. The photography and graphical design of this book was just extraordinary! The elegant book is truly a coffee table book. It really shows the elegancy of presentation of the food. Awesome book!
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from Chef to Chef 
Great Book , one of the best I bought this year . Grant Achatz is a master of his kraft , and a missionary for the future of food .
Best Value for money Cook book in 2008 .
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Absolutely Beautiful!
This book is stunning--beautifully designed and photographed and very interesting to read! I live far away from Chicago, and may never get to go to Alinea, but reading this book is like stepping into a magical food world. I might not ever cook anything from it, but I know that I will look at it often to stimulate my imagination to try create my own edible works of art.
This is a wonderful gift for any food obsessed person--I have already purchased 2 for presents.
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Achatz is Dali: Alinea - Each Bite is a Paragraph of Mindfulness
Achatz - to cuisine - is what Dali was to canvas. Esoteric, ephemeral, surreal, transcendent, a-linear, the Alinea images are an introspection into the poetry of taste.
Having had the fortune of experiencing Alinea earlier this year, I was happy to stumble upon the book later in the fall: as I had been trying to "paint the picture" of the experience for my friends, I felt the insufficiency of words to convey the whimsical intensity and the moody nuance of Alinea forms. The book solved the problem. With... more info
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