First Look: The Alinea Book

By Chuck Sudo in Arts & Entertainment on Oct 17, 2008 2:00PM

This is the protective case holding the book. It did remind me of Arthur C. Clarke.

Part coffee table book, part cookbook, part biography. And filled with loads of beautiful shots by photographer Laura Kaster.

Bacon on a gossamer: one of my favorite Alinea dishes.

All pre-orders (and there were 30,000 of them) were hand-signed by Grant Achatz and the principle contributors.

Heh. Whimsy.

Found this waiting on my doorstep last night. It's the long-awaited Alinea book. And wouldn't you know, it's a monolith. I was literally afraid to touch it for fear that I might have a mindsplosion.

I'll have a review of this 400-page, five-plus pound omnibus as soon as I can. Until then, take a look at some of the pages. These are just the opening pages.