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Historic Heston

Title: Historic Heston / Heston Blumenthal ; art by Dave McKean ; photography by Romas Foord.
Author: Blumenthal, Heston
Publication: London : Bloomsbury, 2013.

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431 pages : color illustrations; 32 cm

Summary

"British gastronomy has a grand old tradition that has been lost over time. Now England's most inventive chef is out to reclaim it. Heston Blumenthal, whose name is synonymous with cutting-edge cuisine, nonetheless finds his greatest source of inspiration in the unique and delicious food that the sceptered isle once produced. This has been the secret to his success at world-famous restaurants The Fat Duck and Dinner, where a contrast between old and new, modern and historic, is key. 'Historic Heston' charts a quest for identity through the best of British cooking that stretches from medieval to late-Victorian recipes. Start with thirty historic dishes, take them apart, put them together again, and what have you got? A sublime twenty-first-century take on delicacies including meat fruit (1500), quaking pudding (1660), and mock-turtle soup (1892). Heston examines the history behind each one's invention and the science that makes it work. He puts these dishes in their social context and follows obscure culinary trails, ferreting out such curious sources as The Queen-like Closet from 1672 (which offers an excellent method for drying goose). What it adds up to is an idiosyncratic culinary history of Britain. This glorious tome also gives a unique insight into the way that Heston works, with signature dishes from both The Fat Duck and Dinner."--

Subjects

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-425) and index.

Call Number

JFG 14-268

ISBN

9781408804414 (UK)
1408804417 (UK)
9781620402344 (US)
1620402343 (US)

OCLC

855704631

Author

Blumenthal, Heston, author.

Title

Historic Heston / Heston Blumenthal ; art by Dave McKean ; photography by Romas Foord.

Publisher

London : Bloomsbury, 2013.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-425) and index.

Added Author

McKean, Dave, illustrator.

Foord, Romas, photographer.

Research Call Number

JFG 14-268

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