Nose to Tail Eating: A Kind of British Cooking

Author(s): Fergus Henderson

Meat, Fish, BBQ's

Fergus Henderson caused something of a sensation when he opened his restaurant St John in London in 1995. Set in a former smokehouse near Smithfield meat market, its striking, high ceilinged white interior provides a dramatic setting for food of dazzling boldness and simplicity. As signalled by the restaurant's logo of a pig (reproduced on the cover of Nose to Tail Eating) and appropriately given the location, at St John the emphasis is firmly on meat. And not the noisettes, fillets, magrets and so forth of standard restaurant portion-control, all piled up into little towers in the middle of the plate: Henderson serves up the inner organs of beasts and fowls in big, exhilarating dishes that combine high sophistication with peasant roughness. Nose to Tail Eating is a collection of these recipes, celebrating, as the title implies, the thrifty rural British traditions of making delicious virtue out of using every part of the animal. This new edition, beautifully redesigned, comes with an introduction by Anthony Bourdain.


Product Information

St John was voted by Time Out as one of the top ten restaurants in the country First editions of the book are selling for GBP300 on Ebay Winner of the Andre Simon Award in 2000

'A fantastic book, wonderful stories with nostalgic and inspiring recipes -an essential book for honest cooks' Jamie Oliver 'His cooking and recipes are a joy' Nigel Slater 'A cult masterpiece' Anthony Bourdain 'Nose to Tail Eating is a book I've raided so many times as a chef. Every recipe is wonderful, and it's one of the most concisely humorous cookbooks that I've ever come across. Fergus has a sense of humour and an ability to self-edit that I'm as envious of as I am his cooking skills. And Jason Lowe is one of my favourite food photographers' Tom Norrington-Davies

Fergus Henderson trained as an architect before becoming a chef. He opened the French House Dining Room in 1992 and left it to start St John in 1994. St John Bread and Wine opened in 2003.

General Fields

  • : 9780747572572
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • : 0.618
  • : July 2012
  • : 198mm X 140mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : November 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Illustrations, ports.
  • : WBA
  • : 256
  • : 641.5941
  • : English
  • : New edition
  • : Hardback
  • : Fergus Henderson