Reviews for In Search of Total Perfection

The average rating for In Search of Total Perfection based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-10-18 00:00:00 Carl Mcconnell It was fun for maybe the first half of the book but every chapter is basically the same and it starts getting tedious. Bulmenthal's ego also gets in the way sometimes and I kept finding myself shaking my fist at the book, mumbling "Get over yourself, Heston". The stories and recipes themselves are quite interesting and I liked how he used common dishes as the basis for them all. Because of that people can take bits and pieces from Blumenthal's recipes and add them to their own traditional way of making them. Students or people with jobs can't really do much from this book since the recipes take days to prepare. It's a shame because just reading about the dishes and not really having the time or money to make them yourself gets very tiring for the reader's taste buds. For the reasons stated above this book was just... okay. 6/10

Review # 2 was written on 2009-12-30 00:00:00 Howard Taylor I really have to admire Heston determination in re-creating what he feels is the perfect dish. Whether it be Peking Duck, Pizza, a Hamburger, or Black Forest Cake. He goes to incredible lengths to determine the best indgridients to use are and what the best methods of cooking that dish should be. The only thing about this book that I had a hard time with was the recipie for the dish in question. I think I would have a very hard time recreating any of these dishes given the steps involved. This was a great read and made me very hungry. LB