Modernist Cuisine; the $625 cookbook.

[foodguy]

Originally Posted by A Y

CTO. A finance type wouldn't nearly be as interesting. The man also has patents (along with Bill Gates) on how to suppress hurricanes.

--Andre

thanks! yes. at least i got it right in the published version. damned memory. at any rate, he's wealthy enough that running a scam pre-ordering books would be, well, yes, i'll take part of htat bet, too.

 

[DerekS]

good grief...wonder if i can just download one for the kindle for 20 bucks. hehehe

 

[foodguy]

actually, not to pound a dead horse even further, but that would be the ultimate in stupid long-cons: spend 10 years and who-knows-how-many hundreds of thousands of dollars so you can rip a couple of thousand people off on amazon.

 

[JohnGalt]

Step 3) Profit!

 

[itsstillmatt]

Somebody got me this for my birthday, or so the note from Amazon says.

 

[Harold falcon]

Originally Posted by Stazy

I'll take that bet.

You're on!

Remember to revive this Feb. 16th, 2012.

 

[Daseinflaw]

"requires four pounds of ink to print"

O.O

 

[foodguy]

Originally Posted by Daseinflaw

"requires four pounds of ink to print"

O.O

yeah, it's quite lavish. lord knows how much he spent producing it.

 

[globetrotter]

Originally Posted by iammatt

Somebody got me this for my birthday, or so the note from Amazon says.

you know some nice people

 

[foodguy]

Originally Posted by globetrotter

you know some nice people

he sure does. and how can he stay so eternally grumpy when he keeps getting presents like that?

 

[skywalker]

Looks like it will be a terrific book

 

[itsstillmatt]

Originally Posted by foodguy

he sure does. and how can he stay so eternally grumpy when he keeps getting presents like that?
I'm a sweetheart. This has been a **** week from hell, so I might be a little grumpy right now.

 

[foodguy]

Originally Posted by iammatt

I'm a sweetheart. This has been a **** week from hell, so I might be a little grumpy right now.

well, just wait until you're lounging on your pratesis, leafing through 6 volumes of molecular gastronomy encased in a custom lucite box.

 

[Stazy]

Just bought this for my sister. The price has already dropped $100. I'm really looking forward to browsing through it.

 

[KJT]

Originally Posted by Stazy

Just bought this for my sister. The price has already dropped $100. I'm really looking forward to browsing through it.
You got me all excited - I thought you were saying it dropped TO $100, not by $100. http://www.amazon.com/Modernist-Cuis...8563170&sr=8-1 I'll keep waiting. This site tracks the price changes: http://camelcamelcamel.com/Modernist...uct/0982761007