We're talking laser-etched pastry and Gothic stained-glass windows made from Jolly Ranchers.

You can hope and dream, but it's probably not going to include banana bread.

Nathan Myrhvold wants to know if you're feeling what he's feeling.

Be still, my immersion-circulating heart!

Nathan Myhrvold talks to Grub Street about his new book, 'Modernist Cuisine at Home.'

Nathan Myhrvold talks to Grub Street about his new book, 'Modernist Cuisine at Home.'

Modernist Cuisine at Home is almost here — see a video preview.

Nathan Myhrvold & Co. unveil the at-home companion to their massive cooking tome.

Bastard!

The series explores modernist meat and the use of microbes in ramen, among other science-y subjects.

The series explores modernist meat and the use of microbes in ramen, among other science-y subjects.

On the agenda: the perfect medium-rare hamburger, and also, a nuclear reactor.

Nine episodes in, we finally get a barbecue challenge!

Now in an easy-to-read grid format!

Hint: You'll need a machine shop.

One thousand copies of the enormous cookbook are coming in each week.

The co-author of the most scientific cookbook of all time has a few things to tell you about what happens when bacon fat is sprayed on charcoal.

J. Gold would rather have a turkey burger than indulge those truffle oil-abusing scoundrels at Umami Burger.

J. Gold would rather have a turkey burger than indulge those truffle oil-abusing scoundrels at Umami Burger.