by Heston Blumenthal

2008

 

Hardback, 532 pages, 340x290mm

 

The Big Fat Duck Cookbook is designed as a mysterious journey through Heston's brain, memories, experiments, recipes, research and science. The book opens in the middle, on Heston's brain from which one can navigate left or right. It is structured in 3 parts: History, Recipes and Science. Cover, slip case and packaging use the Fat Duck logo in a playful way.

 

"Pierre Gagnaire, Marc Veyrat and Ferran Adrià have each produced volumes like this, all retailing for more than the £100 being charged for this one, all standing as a definitive statement of the chef's work to date. It was high time for Blumenthal to do his. Few, though, are as elegant, or as complete an object as this, from the duck-feather motifs, through the silver page-edging, to the multicoloured ribbon bookmarks." Jay Rayner, The Guardian

 

Creative Direction: Brent Richards, The Design Laboratory at Central Saint Martins

 

Photography: Dominic Davies and Pepe Lu

 

Nick Knight

 

Illustrations: Dave McKean

 

Printing: Graphicom, Italy