Shirley O. Corriher
Books: Cookbook | Science | Baking
Cookwise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Cooking (1997), BakeWise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Baking (2008)
Cookwise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Cooking
I have also been reading Shirley O. Corriher's Cookwise: The Hows and Whys of Successful Cooking. This is an excellent book that explains the science of baking and cooking, it's almost more of a book on food science than a cook book.