Author

Books by J. Kenji López-Alt

J. Kenji López-Alt is a chef, food writer, and recipe developer known for applying scientific method to home cooking. He studied architecture at MIT before cooking in professional kitchens, then became a writer and editor at Cook's Illustrated and chief culinary consultant at Serious Eats, where he wrote The Food Lab column. The book won the 2016 James Beard Award for General Cooking and an IACP Cookbook of the Year award. He has since written The Wok and a children's book, and runs a popular first-person cooking channel on YouTube.