Is This A Cookbook?: Adventures in the Kitchen

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Not cricket the game - like some kind of refined Saturday morning loaf, no way, not Heston - rather cricket the insect.The ingredients are mostly easily obtained (translating from UK English to USA English is however necessary and being comfortable with metric measures is crucial). Heston's instructions are precise and easy to follow, with lots of helpful tips, and each chapter is introduced with an explanation of Heston's approach.

But, perhaps bowing to public pressure, he has finally released a cookbook that fits in the realm of those less experienced home chefs.F. Said (winner of the Smarties Gold award in 2004), Mirrormask, The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr Punch, Signal to Noise and Crazy Hair. I have all of his previous books, I love to look at them but have cooked very few recipes because of the specialist ingredients, equipment and time required. All of these mean that this book is more a "book of mindful experimentation" rather than a cookbook. The thing I love most about this book is the tips about food preparation, such as eggs and the way in which the yolk cooks at a different rate to the white and how to balance this depending on what you’re doing with your eggs. Is This A Cookbook addresses cooks —real or aspirational—who are looking for what the book’s subtitle promises: adventures in the kitchen.