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On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen

McGee, Harold
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nonfiction culinary science past tense third limited POV ~1,826 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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encyclopedic authoritative informative

A slow-burn and hopeful nonfiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose, intimate scope. Character-driven and action-forward. Ends with catharsis.

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Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 10
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 90
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 0
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 0
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 0
externalintrospective
Ending 90
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 0
intimateepic

Content

Violence 0%
noneextreme
Sexual content 0%
noneexplicit
Humor 10%
seriouscomedic
Romance 0%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count456,583
Page count~1,826 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited

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