Book · 2012 · Cooking
The 4-hour Chef
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The best resource I know for this is Tim Ferriss's book, The 4-Hour Chef, which contains an excellent recipe for homemade sauerkraut.
What they say about it
- Recommends sauerkraut recipe“an excellent recipe for making your own sauerkraut”6
- Discusses learning framework“a framework for learning”2
- Owns and listens via Blinkist“listen to the Blinkist version of occasionally”2
The best things said about it
I recommend Tim Ferriss's book, 'The 4-Hour Chef,' which includes an excellent recipe for making your own sauerkraut using cabbage, water, and salt.
So that's a big lesson from the four-hour chef as well where he talks about if you're gonna be in the top one percent of anything or the top 0.1 percent of anything to be able to have this competitive advantage that requires such a disproportionate amount of effort.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Jul 2020 For The 4-Hour Chef, it would be like, In eight weeks, how can I take someone from ground zero to super accelerated learner with any subject matter?
Tim Ferriss How I Write · Dec 2023 The third book the 4-hour chef is confusingly not only about food it's about a framework for learning.
Tim Ferriss StarTalk Radio · Jan 2020 It was intended to be a break between large book projects. And I have this nasty habit of writing long books. So The Four-Hour Chef was, I think, 670 pages.
Tim Ferriss Freakonomics Radio · May 2016 Other books I've previously read and own, but listen to the Blinkist version of occasionally, include Tim Ferris's 'The 4-Hour Body,' Tim Ferris's 'The 4-Hour Chef,' Nassim Taleb's 'The Black Swan,' and many other titles.
Andrew Huberman Huberman Lab · Jun 2022 Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
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Why people recommend it
The 4-Hour Chef by Timothy Ferriss is a comprehensive guide to rapid skill acquisition and cooking fundamentals that extends far beyond traditional culinary instruction. On the Huberman Lab podcast, Dr. Justin Sonnenburg and host Andrew Huberman both recommended the book as an invaluable resource for anyone seeking a reliable, low-cost method to cultivate a healthy gut microbiome through homemade sauerkraut. They highlighted its straightforward recipe combining cabbage, water, and salt, though they cautioned that users must follow the preparation steps carefully to prevent the proliferation of harmful bacteria. Similarly, on Modern Wisdom, Chris Williamson brought up the title to illustrate a strategic lesson on combining multiple diverse skills to achieve a unique competitive advantage and position oneself in the top tier of any discipline. Furthermore, Andrew Huberman noted in a separate episode that he regularly engages with the book, owning a physical copy and occasionally listening to the Blinkist abridged audio version alongside other influential titles like The Black Swan. Across multiple appearances, podcast guests and hosts emphasized that Ferriss's work offers practical utility for everyday health optimization and skill development alike.
Every mention
Andrew Huberman The best resource that I know of in order to follow a great recipe to make homemade sauerkraut would be the… 4
Discussed
“Other books that I've read before and that I own and enjoy, but I listened to the Blinkist version of from time to time are things like Tim Ferris's "The 4-Hour Body" or Tim Ferris's The 4-Hour Chef book, both of which are excellent or Nassim Taleb's "The Black Swan" and there are many other titles as well.”
Recommended
“Other books I've previously read and own, but listen to the Blinkist version of occasionally, include Tim Ferris's 'The 4-Hour Body,' Tim Ferris's 'The 4-Hour Chef,' Nassim Taleb's 'The Black Swan,' and many other titles.”
Recommended
“I'll just refer people to a resource in Tim Ferriss's book, "The 4-Hour Chef," he actually gives an excellent recipe for making your own sauerkraut, which basically involves cabbage and water and salt”
Recommended
“The best resource that I know of in order to follow a great recipe to make homemade sauerkraut would be the recipe for homemade sauerkraut that's contained in Tim Ferriss's book, "The 4-Hour Chef".”
Chris Williamson only yesterday tim ferriss guy that wrote the four-hour work week and the four-hour chef and the four-hour… 2
Discussed
“only yesterday tim ferriss guy that wrote the four-hour work week and the four-hour chef and the four-hour body this unbelievably well-known new multiple times new york times best-selling author”
Recommended
“So that's a big lesson from um the four-hour four-hour chef as well where he talks about if you're gonna be in the top one percent of anything or the top 0.1 percent of anything to be able to have this competitive advantage that requires such a disproportionate amount of effort”
Dr. Justin Sonnenburg I'll just refer people to a resource in Tim Ferriss's book, The 4-Hour Chef. He actually gives an excellent… 1
Recommended
“I'll just refer people to a resource in Tim Ferriss's book, The 4-Hour Chef. He actually gives an excellent recipe for making your own sauerkraut”
Tim Ferriss Let's just say I have an idea percolating for a book, whether that's for 4-Hour Chef, including, say, a lot… 7
Discussed
“Let's just say I have an idea percolating for a book, whether that's for 4-Hour Chef, including, say, a lot on accelerated learning for our body, whatever.”
Discussed
“I tried Amazon Publishing with 4-Hour Chef, and that was a huge catastrophe on a lot of levels”
Discussed
“and for The 4-Hour Chef, it would be like, In eight weeks, how can I take someone from ground zero to super accelerated learner with any subject matter?”
Discussed
“When you're learning about a new subject, do you still follow the DS3 method from the 4-Hour Chef, given everything you've learned about learning since publishing?”
Discussed
“tools of titans was basically my update to four hour work week for our body and for our chef simultaneously”
Discussed
“and the third book the 4-hour chef is confusingly not only about food it's about a framework for learning”
Discussed
“It was intended to be a break between large book projects. And I have this nasty habit of writing long books. So The Four-Hour Chef was, I think, 670 pages.”
David Perell One of the things that I thought was interesting in terms of your process for The 4-hour Chef was you looke… 1
Discussed
“One of the things that I thought was interesting in terms of your process for The 4-hour Chef was you looked at all the books with a four and a half star review”
Stephen Dubner when I read The 4-Hour Chef, it strikes me that you're a very adventurous chef and eater. But when I hear y… 1
Discussed
“when I read The 4-Hour Chef, it strikes me that you're a very adventurous chef and eater. But when I hear you talk about your nutrition now, I am curious what you actually would put on a plate”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker4
Recommended
“Certainly sauerkraut can be homemade—Tim Ferriss shares a great recipe in "The 4-Hour Chef."”
Discussed
“Tim Ferris, the great Tim Ferris, deserves recognition for being about ten years ahead of many trends in nutrition and skill learning; many of the things he predicted in his books, 'The Four Hour Body' and 'The Four Hour Chef,' have been supported by scientific data, some of which comes from studies on animal models, and some of which have”
Recommended
“I recommend Tim Ferriss's book, 'The 4-Hour Chef,' which includes an excellent recipe for making your own sauerkraut using cabbage, water, and salt. However, it's important to follow the instructions carefully to avoid the growth of harmful bacteria if you don’t scrape off the top layer correctly.”
Recommended
“The best resource I know for this is Tim Ferriss's book, 'The 4-Hour Chef', which contains an excellent recipe for homemade sauerkraut. The process involves chopping up the cabbage, mashing it with your hands—which can be fun—adding water and salt, covering it, and keeping it in a specific environment while routinely scraping off surface material to prevent unwanted microbes.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (41: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“And this is going to sound like I'm shilling my own bags here, but the meta learning section of the 4-Hour Chef. I think the 4-Hour Chef is a book tried to do too much, but the very first section, which is something like 80 pages on meta learning, I do think is worth a revisit if you haven't in”
Plugged
“You probably know this already, but between 8 to 12 weeks, and not to beat a dead horse, but again, the metalearning section of The 4-Hour Chef goes into this at length.”
Plugged
“The first was the 4-hour chef, which was basically just a suicide mission of a deadline. Book that should have taken three years was done in a year and that's just physically effectively impossible.”
Plugged
“That won't surprise anybody who's read the 4-hour chef, which is confusingly a book about accelerated learning, but sequencing is the magic sauce, I think, for a lot of things.”
Plugged
“Honestly, and this is going to sound like I'm trying to prop up the book I told you didn't perform the way I wanted it to, but the 4-hour chef has got it all.”
Plugged
“I used to do this when I was writing my books. So 4hour work week. I don't even know if you know this. So 4-hour work week, 4-hour body, 4 hour chef.”
Passing
“And then the podcast after 4 Hour Chef, and there have been a number of other examples.”
Plugged
“like the 4-hour chef by my standards because it was boycotted and other reasons by, you know, was boycotted by a lot of retailers because it was the first major book out of Amazon publishing.”
Plugged
“And for people who've read the 4-hour chef, which is actually about accelerated learning, this approach will sound familiar.”
Plugged
“First hunt ever was with Stephen Reanella during the writing of The Four Hour Chef.”
Passing
“4-Hour Workweek, 4-Hour Body, 4-Hour Chef and then Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors.”
Plugged
“Yeah, I mean, on a much smaller scale, I mean, what everything is on a smaller scale, 4our Chef, right? That was a book that completely burned me out; I burned myself out.”
Plugged
“And I would say Tools of Titans really was intended to be almost an addendum to The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body and The 4-Hour Chef in terms of, say, healthy, wealthy, wise, not necessarily in that order.”
Passing
“Tim, you've talked and written so much about language learning, but not as much about maintaining and revamping your languages. I'm trilingual and working on language number four, thanks in no small part to resources like The 4-Hour Chef and feel that keeping up with all my languages is often just as much work as acquiring them in the first”
Plugged
“And if you look at, for instance, what I wrote in The 4-Hour Chef and The 4-Hour Body, but especially in The 4-Hour Chef as it related to accelerated learning, failure points, identifying the failure points and removing as many failure points as possible.”
Plugged
“then in 2012 the four-hour Chef burned me out”
Plugged
“this was for research for the four hour Chef that concluded with a statement that the Aeropress was quote Bar None my favorite Brewing method end quote”
Plugged
“Maui Nui was selected for Fast Company's "Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Agriculture of 2023," and its venison has been served in top restaurants across the country, including Alinea, which featured very heavily in The 4-Hour Chef.”
Plugged
“his books the 4-Hour chef and the 4-Hour Body and the 4-Hour Work Week not only explain his own exploration of how to optimize and prioritize his time and learn particular skills”
Passing
“His books, The 4-Hour Chef, The 4-Hour Body, and The 4-Hour Work Week not only explain his own exploration of how to optimize and prioritize his time and learn particular skills but also teach you those skills as well.”
Plugged
“As I wrote in The 4-Hour Chef: “This is now, bar none, my favorite brewing method."”
Plugged
“This is when I was actually, I guess a little bit earlier, maybe 11-12 years when I was working on The 4-Hour Chef.”
Plugged
“The 4-Hour Chef confusingly is actually a book about accelerated learning and skill acquisition. I talk a lot about this in The 4-Hour Chef.”
Plugged
“But the 4-Hour Chef meta learning section has all of this. It's very in depth. So I encourage people to check it out.”
Plugged
“For The 4-Hour Chef, it was podcasts. This was in 2012, after which I launched my own podcast in 2014.”
Plugged
“and if you haven't read the four hour chef there's an entire section on metal learning so the four hour shaft confusingly is mostly focused on accelerated learning”
Plugged
“And many of the updates that I would have put into The 4-Hour Work Week, um but more so The 4-Hour Body and The 4-Hour Chef were added into Tools of Titans.”
Plugged
“So, yes, the answer is I still use DS3 or DSSS as described at great length in The 4-Hour Chef in the Metalearning section.”
Plugged
“I had an opportunity to go and look back at some of our early interactions as documented in the 4our chef because we had a lot of Adventures and Misadventures related to all things in that book”
Plugged
“and so the the the this the the sentence that I put in the book was this excited me for three reasons”
Plugged
“that was the 4our chef”
Plugged
“so in the in the 4H Hour Chef you know wrote All About My First real inebriated 5 and a half hour orgy of gastronomic delights and the end of that section I said by the end of the evening I concluded what many others had Hearth is the most underrated restaurant in all of New York City”
Plugged
“and that then bought me the license to write the four-hour chef where i'm taking these principles which also come up in your podcast fair amount with andy ratcliffe recently of wealthfront the 80 20 principle so pareto's law and many different principles that you could apply to deconstructing entrepreneurship and testing assumptions apply equally to physical performance”
Plugged
“the four-hour chef almost killed me it was it was it was an incredibly complex extremely difficult project it was the first major acquisition by amazon publishing”
Plugged
“all my books i think the most appropriate right now for quarantine is the 4-hour chef it is”
Passing
“he's also the author of several books including the 4-hour workweek of the 4-hour chef and tools of titans”
Plugged
“certainly the 4-hour chef I mean by far the hardest book the most elaborate book the most detailed book I've ever done very proud of that book”
Plugged
“This is also advice, by the way, that I've had in the 4-hour chef.”
Plugged
“and I do this quite a lot and you can map it out in the 4-hour chef which is really a book about accelerated learning...”
Passing
“as evidenced by his book titles, The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Chef, The 4-Hour Body.”
Plugged
“your uh your new book is what is it called the 4our commercial the 4our commercial”