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Heston Blumenthal is the chef/owner of the Fat Duck, the three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Bray, Berkshire. his latest book is Heston Blumenthal At Home (Bloomsbury, £30) What are your most and least used pieces of kitchen kit? Like most chefs, the things I use most are knives, I’m hardly ever without one in my hand. mine [...]

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How many times have you been in the kitchen and run out of measuring cups to store your precisely prepared ingredients? We have. Glassware made specifically for kitchen use can be prohibitively expensive and many home chefs will settle for boring bowls and cups. Ever consider labware for your kitchen? Watch a couple episodes of [...]

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I recently assigned my 13-year-old daughter the task of making a croustade to take to dinner at our friends' house. a card-carrying Taurus, Georgia makes pastry with intense deliberation. this particular tart — crust loosely enclosing chanterelle mushrooms, toasted prosciutto, and goat cheese — she'd proudly invented that afternoon. Then there was the flurry of [...]

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If you’ve ever wondered what a scientist might say about food, here is your answer. Harold McGee’s On Food and Cooking: the Science and Lore of the Kitchen is a 900-page behemoth filled to the brim with excellent information. Its charm is in its depth of knowledge but highly readable simplicity. this book has something [...]

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My favorite family cookbook is home to American Test Kitchen recipes that are easy to follow and always produces an awesome tasting family meal at home. this article gives you a quick look at why this cookbook belongs in your home kitchen, and it will also help you find more information on the book and [...]

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Age: 30. Executive chef at: Umami Ramen and DumplingBar, 923 Williamson St. How long have you been at the restaurant? Sincewe opened in late February this year. How long have you been cooking? 16 years. Did you go to culinary school: yes, I attendedMATC Culinary from 2002 to 2004. I studied geology at UW-Madisonfor a [...]

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In the July/August issue, Q&Q looks ahead at the fall season’s biggest books. POLITICS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS With Canada’s combat role in Afghanistan coming to an end this summer, a number of fall titles take stock of the country’s most significant military intervention since Korea. Journalist Terry Glavin, a recent recipient of the B.C. Lieutenant [...]

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By Peter Robertson Last updated at 11:07 PM on 26th August 2011 Keep fit: Jean-Christophe Novelli has time out in his gym Lewis Hamilton would struggle to cope with the pace I live my life at. the only way I can unwind is by spending three hours a day in my gym. It allows me [...]

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The first collection of fundamental recipes from all of Italy. As a country Italy is a recent development, so recent that there are still people who believe that it only exists on paper and not in actuality. It seems natural to think that at least the culinary traditions of the Italian peninsula be historically unified, [...]

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Joy of Cooking or On Food and Cooking–The Science and lore of the Kitchen. Rather than teaching simple recipes, they teach the fundamentals of cooking. do you have a favorite? The back of the Hamburger Helper box. I don't cook much!! Vegetarians Cookbook. I love it. my collection of Marlboro cookbooks…!!! Ahh. Sonoma Williams Cookbook

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