In search of total perfection
Blumenthal, Heston2009
Book
Heston Blumenthal has made his name creating such original dishes as Snail Porridge and Nitrogen Scrambled Egg and Bacon Ice Cream at his internationally acclaimed restaurant, The Fat Duck. In this book, he travels around the world in search of definitive versions of sixteen of our most well-known (and most abused) dishes. Among the many adventures on his quest, he travels to Delhi and makes an MRI scan of the marinated chicken in his Tikki Masala; he discovers the secret to the ultimate crispy duck in Peking and experiments at home by inflating a Gressingham on a footpump; he walks the Dickensian streets of Lambeth and learns how to capture the essence of a fish and chip shop in a perfume bottle, and he explores the Willy Wonka-esque Tate and Lyle factory and tastes some seventy-year-old syrup that proves an inspiration for the flavour of his treacle tart.
Main title:
In search of total perfection / Heston Blumenthal.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, c2009.
Collation:
496 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Originally published in Great Britain in two volumes, "In search of perfection" (2006) and "Further adventures in search of perfection" (2007).Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781408802441
Dewey class:
641.013
Language:
English
BRN:
34821
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library at the Dock | -Food and Drink | FOOD 641.013 BLUM | Available |