Interview with Chris Young
The authors of Modernist Cuisine: Maxime Bilet, Chris Young and Nathan Myhrvold In 2003 Chris Young had an epiphany of a meal at The Fat Duck outside London, and by the end of the meal he knew he had to…
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The Flemish Primitives: Heston Blumenthal (part 3)
Heston Blumenthal welcomed on stage by Gene Bervoets To the music of Queen’s “We will rock you” Heston Blumenthal (HB) entered the stage, welcomed by Gene Bervoets (GB) and Bernard Lahousse (BL). Heston started of by telling about his childhood…
The Big Fat Duck Cookbook
I recently blogged about the Alinea cookbook, and then in a Q&A with both Grant Achatz and Heston Blumenthal I discovered that there is another great cook book coming up this fall: The Big Fat Duck Cookbook! It’s quite amazing…
Career opportunities at The Fat Duck
Currently, there is a career opportunity for chefs with an interest in science. Heston Blumenthal at The Fat Duck is hiring: Research Chef Stage – Applicants should give a minimum commitment of 3 months, but a longer stay of up…
Flavor pairing – try this at home!
If two different foods share one or more volatile molecules, chances are they can taste pretty nice when eaten together. A further discussion of the science behind can be found here. I justed wanted to share a picture of the…