Cognitive Cooking With Chef Watson: Recipes for Innovation from IBM & the Institute of Culinary Education - Hardcover

Baker, Stephen; Hamm, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 149262571X ISBN 13: 9781492625711

Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc, 2015

Synopsis

You don t have to be a culinary genius to be a great cook. But when it comes to thinking outside the box, even the best chefs can be limited by their personal experiences, the tastes and flavor combinations they already know. That s why IBM and the Institute of Culinary Education teamed up to develop a groundbreaking cognitive cooking technology that helps cooks everywhere discover and create delicious recipes, utilizing unusual ingredient combinations that man alone might never imagine. In Cognitive Cooking with Chef Watson, IBM s unprecedented technology and ICE s culinary experts present more than 65 original recipes exploding with irresistible new flavors. Together, they have carefully crafted, evaluated and perfected each of these dishes for pleasantness (superb taste), surprise (innovativeness) and a synergy of mouthwatering ingredients that will delight any food lover. Sprinkled throughout the book are cooking tips from the pros at ICE, entertaining anecdotes on the various stages of IBM and ICE s collaboration and ideas for home cooks to expand their repertoires or spice up current favorites. From Chef Watson s first recipe ever, the Spanish Almond Crescent, to Creole Shrimp-Lamb Dumplings, Italian-Pumpkin Cheesecake, and Hoof-and-Honey Ale, Cognitive Cooking with Chef Watson introduces home cooks and professional chefs to a whole new world of culinary possibilities.

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Review

The newest cookbook on the market was compiled by a chef who has never tasted a single morsel of food , the book s introduction points out. This culinary prodigy, in fact, has no taste buds, no nose, not any sensual experience of food or drink. This could be the world s first collection of recipes created by artificial intelligence. Watson, IBM s cognitive system that famously defeated two human grand champions to win the US quiz show Jeopardy, has turned its attention to the kitchen. Alimentary, my dear Watson: can a supercomputer rival human chefs? For several years, the virtual chef has been poring over troves of recipes and food-related data, from classic meal combinations to research on flavour preferences and the chemical composition of foods. The computer was programmed to produce ideas for food combinations that would taste pleasant at a molecular level and that, crucially, had not yet been tried. The surprising results include the Spanish Almond Crescent, a butterless and sugar-free pastry flavoured with pepper, saffron and coconut milk; asparagus grilled with pig s feet croquettes and mustard foam; an apple and pork kebab cooked with mushrooms, strawberries and curry powder; ale brewed with veal stock; plum pancetta cider; and a bacon dessert made from porcini mushrooms, walnut meal and dried figs. IBM said it wanted to apply its innovation to a field that every human being appreciates: food . Steve Abrams, the head of IBM's Watson research centre in New York, said in September that the cookbook could help humans who not in the scientific community understand the rather abstract concept of the cognitive machine, making it easier to explain to people the power of computational creativity . The book s introduction spells out how similar systems could help people tailor foods to their medical and financial needs, allow schools and hospitals to create tastier and more nutritious meals, and revolutionise industries from pharmaceuticals and chemicals to media and the arts. This cookbook shows not only how far Watson has come, but also the incredible, untapped potential of further collaborations between man and machine. Recipe invented by supercomputer: Middle Eastern Chickpea Ragout Cognitive Cooking with Chef Watson: Recipes for Innovation from IBM & the Institute of Culinary Education contains 65 recipes and is available in hardcover from April 14. --Telegraph - 13th April 2015

About the Author

IBM Watson represents a new era of computing in which third party apps and systems will interact with human users more naturally, augment our knowledge with Big Data insights, and learn to improve how they assist us. Fueled by innovation from a mission to transform industries and professions, Watson is uniquely positioned at the forefront of the new era of computing, evidenced by an unmatched demonstration of what cognitive systems can bring to transform decision-making. IBM is delivering a range of cloud-based products and services to clients in industries such as banking, healthcare, insurance, retail and education. The Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) is one of the largest and most diverse culinary schools in the world. Established in 1975, ICE offers award-winning eight to 13 month career training programs in Culinary Arts, Pastry & Baking Arts, Culinary Management and Hospitality Management with more than 11,000 graduates and successful alumni who are leaders in the industry. ICE offers continuing education for professional development, hosts more than 600 special events, and has one of the world s largest recreational cooking, baking and wine programs with more than 25,000 students annually. In 2015, marking the school s 40th anniversary, ICE will move to a new, transformative 74,000 sq. ft. facility at Brookfield Place in Lower Manhattan, designed for inspiration, creativity and community. Visit us at ice.edu or join us @iceculinary to Find your culinary voiceTM.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sourcebooks Inc
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 149262571X
• ISBN 13: 9781492625711
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 231
• Editor: Rossini Pennie