What is it with burgers? After spending the 2000s in the doldrums, they’re now elevated to greasy lunch treat du jour. I was a little surprised to see this recipe from Heston pop up online; his In Search of Total Perfection Burger involves grinding different meat cuts together, the most laborious method for making a bun you’ve ever seen, and […]
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This word cloud gives a flavour of what Heston Blumenthal puts in his recipes. Phrases in a larger font are used more often (yum, butter). It’s been made by pulling all the ingredient text from his four major domestic cookery books and firing it into the excellent Wordle engine. It shows that despite his reputation for off-the-wall, odd ingredients, the […]
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Let me be clear: this isn’t Heston’s recipe for perfect pizza. But it is my approximation of it. Driven on by In Search of Heston’s go at the pizza, I felt it was about time I tried it. As they had gone boldly before I took their suggestions and incorporated into this pizza recipe. I was particularly drawn to recommendations […]
Read moreWhen people find out you write about food in a blog like this, after some initial shuffling embarrassment the questions start: why do you do it? What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever eaten? Slightly easier to answer is: got any tips in the kitchen? Because the best answer I can give is to get yourself one or two really good […]
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