Until now, home cooking has remained stubbornly out of touch with
technological development but Heston Blumenthal, champion of the scientific
kitchen, is set to change all that with his radical new book. With meticulous
precision, he explains what the most effective techniques are and why
they work.
Heston's instrucÂtions are precise and easy to follow, with lots of helpful
tips, and each chapter is introduced with an explanation of Heston's approach
to 1) Stocks 2) Soups 3) Starters 4) Salads 5) Meat 6) Fish 7) Sous-vide 8)
Pasta and grains 9) Cheese 10) Sides and condiments 11) Ices 12) Desserts and
sweets 13) Biscuits, snacks and drinks.
Recipes include Green bean and radish salad; Prawn cocktail; Roast chicken;
Shepherd's pie; Sea bass with vanilla butter; Liquorice poached salmon;
Carbonara; The ultimate cheese toastie; Strawberry sundae; Liquid centre
chocolate pudding and Raspberry sherbert. And, of course, Heston's famous
Triple-cooked chips.
Heston Blumenthal at Home will change the way you think about cooking
forever – prepare for a culinary revolution!
Author Biography
Entirely self-taught, Heston Blumenthal is the most progressive chef of his
generation. In 2004Â he won the coveted three Michelin stars in near-record time
for his restaurant The Fat Duck, which has twice been voted the Best Restaurant
in the World by an international panel of 500Â experts. In 2006Â he was awarded
an OBE.