On the Menu: The World’s Favourite Piece of Paper - Rilegato

Lander, Nicholas

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1783522429 ISBN 13: 9781783522422

Casa editrice: Unbound, 2016

Riassunto

Featuring interviews with world-renowned chefs Heston Blumenthal (The Fat Duck), Massimo Bottura (Osteria Francescana), René Redzepi (Noma), Michel Roux Jr (Le Gavroche), April Bloomfield (The Spotted Pig), Daniel Boulud (Bar Boulud), Ruth Rogers (The River Café) and many more. In this book they reveal how they decide what food to serve and what inspires them to write their menus.

In this much-anticipated book, Nicholas Lander, restaurant critic and author of The Art of the Restaurateur, rejoices in the history, design and evolution of the world’s favourite piece of paper: the menu.

On the Menu presents over 100 stunning, full-colour reproductions of menus – some at the cutting edge of contemporary culinary innovation, and others that are relics from another time: the last menu from The French House Dining Room before Fergus Henderson departed for St John; and the final menu from Ferran Adrià’s three Michelin-starred elBulli in Spain.

From the classic to the innovative: a Christmas menu served during the siege of Paris in 1870, which featured rats and zoo animals; the wittily illustrated menu at Quo Vadis in London, which gave the restaurant a new lease of life; and many, many more.

Between the reproductions, Lander examines the principles of menu design and layout; the evolution of wine and cocktail lists; the menu as a record of the past; and he even takes us behind the scenes at Mario Batali’s Babbo, to sit in as the staff are briefed on the evening’s menu.

These are truly pages to drool over.

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Recensione:

"This collection of menus from some of the world's greatest restaurants offers an insider's view of how such places work." (Best Food Books of 2016 Observer Food Monthly)

"An expertly curated collection of menus from leading restaurants around the globe, sumptuously presented in a coffee table format" (The Buyer)

"Great for all foodies who enjoy ordering food as much as eating it." (Squaremeal)

Descrizione del libro:

An exploration of the history and influence of the menu, featuring 80 iconic menus of note from around the world.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Unbound
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1783522429
• ISBN 13: 9781783522422
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 304