Modernist cooking may be all the rage today, but back in 2004 it was just getting started, with few resources and even less press. That's when the husband and wife team H. Alexander Talbot and Aki Kamozawa began their blog Ideas in Food, a digital notebook that chronicled their experiments with hydrocolloids and sous vide machines, and propelled them to the forefront of a whole new world of cooking. Today their work is some of the most authoritative writing on modernist cuisine for professionals and home cooks alike. They shared two recipes with us: macaroni and cheese and chocolate pudding. More