Comments on: New book: Further adventures with Heston Blumenthal http://blog.khymos.org/2008/02/25/new-book-further-adventures-with-heston-blumenthal/ - dedicated to molecular gastronomy Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:45:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Hugh "Nomad" Hancock http://blog.khymos.org/2008/02/25/new-book-further-adventures-with-heston-blumenthal/#comment-73970 Hugh "Nomad" Hancock Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:51:03 +0000 http://blog.khymos.org/2008/02/25/new-book-further-adventures-with-heston-blumenthal/#comment-73970 Yes, I agree. Whilst I enjoy making the recipes, most of the utility I see from Dr Blumenthal's books comes from mining the techniques he uses to enhance my own rather less ambitious cooking. The tomato pip sauce, for example, is particularly impressive. Yes, I agree. Whilst I enjoy making the recipes, most of the utility I see from Dr Blumenthal’s books comes from mining the techniques he uses to enhance my own rather less ambitious cooking. The tomato pip sauce, for example, is particularly impressive.

]]> By: Benedikt http://blog.khymos.org/2008/02/25/new-book-further-adventures-with-heston-blumenthal/#comment-73631 Benedikt Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:07:50 +0000 http://blog.khymos.org/2008/02/25/new-book-further-adventures-with-heston-blumenthal/#comment-73631 We also featured the Spaghetti Bolognaise in our weblog and had a nice discussion with Italian pasta purists about what goes into a bolognaise and what doesn't. http://kuirejo.de/blog/2008/02/02/spaghetti-bolognese-nach-heston-blumenthal/ Plus we reviewed Heston's book (although only in German): http://kuirejo.de/blog/2008/01/24/heston-blumenthal-further-adventures-in-search-of-perfection/ Although the recipes are very complex, you can always take some elements (e.g. the wonderful Peking style duck confit or the burger with bought buns) from the recipes and focus on them. And it's very well written. We also featured the Spaghetti Bolognaise in our weblog and had a nice discussion with Italian pasta purists about what goes into a bolognaise and what doesn’t. http://kuirejo.de/blog/2008/02/02/spaghetti-bolognese-nach-heston-blumenthal/

Plus we reviewed Heston’s book (although only in German): http://kuirejo.de/blog/2008/01/24/heston-blumenthal-further-adventures-in-search-of-perfection/
Although the recipes are very complex, you can always take some elements (e.g. the wonderful Peking style duck confit or the burger with bought buns) from the recipes and focus on them. And it’s very well written.

]]> By: Hugh "Nomad" Hancock http://blog.khymos.org/2008/02/25/new-book-further-adventures-with-heston-blumenthal/#comment-73562 Hugh "Nomad" Hancock Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:14:26 +0000 http://blog.khymos.org/2008/02/25/new-book-further-adventures-with-heston-blumenthal/#comment-73562 The recipes are fantastic, but *considerably* more complex than those in the first book. I've cooked the chilli and the burger, and both were wonderful, but a lot of work. (I wrote up my misadventures cooking the chilli some time ago - http://cairmen.livejournal.com/321261.html , http://cairmen.livejournal.com/321499.html?mode=reply , http://cairmen.livejournal.com/321823.html, http://cairmen.livejournal.com/322182.html . I fear you'll get an extremely accurate impression of my skill as a cook from the writeup, but it may be interesting. For comparison, I also wrote up the Spaghetti Bolognaise from the first book, at http://cairmen.livejournal.com/252937.html ) The recipes are fantastic, but *considerably* more complex than those in the first book. I’ve cooked the chilli and the burger, and both were wonderful, but a lot of work.

(I wrote up my misadventures cooking the chilli some time ago - http://cairmen.livejournal.com/321261.html , http://cairmen.livejournal.com/321499.html?mode=reply , http://cairmen.livejournal.com/321823.html,
http://cairmen.livejournal.com/322182.html . I fear you’ll get an extremely accurate impression of my skill as a cook from the writeup, but it may be interesting. For comparison, I also wrote up the Spaghetti Bolognaise from the first book, at http://cairmen.livejournal.com/252937.html )

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