{"product_id":"historic-heston-book-heston-blumenthal-9781408857571","title":"Historic Heston","description":"British gastronomy has a grand old tradition that has been lost over  time. Now our most inventive chef is out to reclaim it. Heston  Blumenthal, whose name is synonymous with cutting-edge cuisine, still  finds his greatest source of inspiration in the unique and delicious  food that our 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 twenty-eight 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 book  also gives a unique insight into the way that Heston works, with  signature dishes from both The Fat Duck and the double Michelin-starred  Dinner. With a beautiful cover illustrated by the genius that is Dave McKean, his  illustrations throughout, and some of the most  superb food photography you'll ever see, Historic Heston is a  book to treasure. You think you know about British cooking? Think again.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49512811397393,"sku":"GOR006321949","price":149.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49590918054161,"sku":"GOR013727998","price":12.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50905645842705,"sku":"GOR010170987","price":64.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52422552715537,"sku":"GOR008332597","price":47.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/140885757X.jpg?v=1751441231","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/fr-fr\/products\/historic-heston-livre-heston-blumenthal-9781408857571","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}