Is This a Cookbook?

by Heston Blumenthal

Bloomsbury

Is it a cookbook?? Well, it’s full of Heston’s typically brilliant, delicious and inventive recipes, including green gazpacho, beetroot and pea salad, Moroccan pasties, hemp panna cotta, banana and parsley smoothie, tomato and coffee muffins, parsnip granola, rice ice cream, cricket ketchup and thyme and orange kombucha, not forgetting popcorn chicken with real popcorn. Every recipe is simple, straightforward and totally do-able. This is Heston at his most accessible.

But there’s so much more. Each of the 70 recipes is accompanied by Heston’s thoughts, stories, insights and hacks, turning each cooking session into a journey that’ll inspire and reveal a whole world of culinary possibilities, health info, fresh perspectives and even some quantum physics.  Brought to life by Heston’s long-term collaborator, Dave McKean’s incredible, whacky illustrations, you’ll find yourself reading it cover to cover before deciding what to cook!

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This is the book to prove that science can dramatically improve the way we eat. Having spent years refining his analytical and imaginative approach at the Fat Duck restaurant, Heston Blumenthal is uniquely qualified to bring the benefits of science to the domestic kitchen. Both time-saving and energy-efficient, his methods unlock the alchemical potential of flavour and taste.