TY - BOOK AU - Blumenthal,Heston AU - Blumenthal,Heston AU - Blumenthal,Heston TI - In search of total perfection SN - 9781408802441 (pbk.) : U1 - 641.5 22 PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury KW - Cookery KW - Experiments N1 - Originally published: in 2 v. as In search of perfection. 2006; and Further adventures in search of perfection. 2007; Includes bibliography (p. 480-483) and index; Roast chicken & roast potatoes - Chicken tikka masala - Peking duck - Steak - Spaghetti bolognese - Chilli con carne - Hamburger - Bangers & mash - Fish & chips - Fish pie - Pizza - Risotto - Black forest gateau - Treacle tart & ice cream - Baked alaska - Trifle N2 - Heston Blumenthal has made his name creating such original dishes as snail porridge and nitrogen scrambled egg and bacon ice cream at his internationally acclaimed restaurant, The Fat Duck. In this book, Heston focuses his creative talent on reinventing some of our most well-known (and most abused) dishes. The stories of how he and his team went about researching and creating superb dishes are very readable, even for the non-expert ER -