Big Fat Duck Cookbook
|You do not buy the Big Fat Duck Cookbook for inspiration for weekday suppers. This is a cookbook you pore over, gazing at the tantalizing photos and stunning imagery, while your stomach rumbles. It is gastronomic theatre and food photography at its ultimate. And rightfully so; the visual imagery would have to match the brilliance of its author: extraordinary master chef Heston Blumenthal of The Fat Duck fame. Through words, photos, and illustrations Blumenthal recounts his history, recites magical yet mind-bendingly complex recipes, and deeply explores the philosophy and science behind gastronomy. Throughout the pages, photographer Dominic Davies – who was recently honoured with the James Beard Foundation Award for cookbook photography – captures the genius of Blumenthal’s mastery.
Striking images of Dali-esc, oozing, dripping caramel and translucent radishes that capture light in a glowing orb are daring and creative. Curvaceous, lucid globes of salmon roe are so exquisitely captured you can almost feel the tense skin breaking on your tongue, gushing briny, saltiness. Hot and ice tea with streams of steam delicately, densely pouring over the cup’s rim make you yearn for a cold winter night spent by a fire, warming mug in hand. The Big Fat Duck Cookbook is bound in real cloth, saturated with multiple ribbons, and slipped snugly into a gorgeous slip case. And, of course, like Blumenthal’s restaurant, it comes at a price. But if you can’t make it to The Fat Duck (or even if you can), Davies’ masterpiece is sure to satiate wherever you are.
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