Beyond Nose to Tail by Fergus; Gellatly, Justin Piers; Lowe, Jason (photographs) Henderson

by Fergus Henderson

From the award-winning author of 'Nose to Tail Eating' comes this new collection of recipes. Henderson and Gellatly aim to inspire with more carnivorous classics as well as extending a no-nonsense approach to the world of breads and sweets.

Genres: Cookbooks, Food, Cooking

Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Nose to Tail" is primarily a cook's book, while "Beyond" is for bakers. Not entirely, but that's the feeling imparted, which is interesting not all bad if somewhat disappointing. That said, it's a tidy little volume, by Bloomsbury, and the photographs of Jason Lowe did for me what Henderson's voice accomplished in the first. All in all, a keeper, with recipes for Chocolate Ice Cream, Jacket Potatoes, Bread Pudding - with beef suet! - pea and veal tail consomme, and plenty more to whet the chompers.

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seems impossible for this to be better than The Whole Beast, but it might be? It continues to delight, let's say.

Just as good as the last in writing, with hilarious pictures. My favorite is the face-planting-chef who dives into the apple-calvados trifle, I think it is? And it's mostly desserts, so I don't have to be worried about finding a pig's head, all I need is rhubarb and sugar. Rhubarb is in a ton of recipes, also, which is SO EXCITING because I love rhubarb so very much.

Drawback: recipes are in grams, so you're going to need google or a kitchen scale to use the recipes.

[Monica · Rating 5 out of 5]

My only complaint is that this most excellent book does not warn you of the unexpected difficulties you will have whilst trying to butterfly a dozen pig ears, when a 15 year old cat parks himself on your feet and starts screaming for scraps. It's offal.

Otherwise, it's wonderful. Engagingly written, recipes that are approachable and delicious. And I like the ribbon bookmark, always a good thing in a cookbook.

[Vuk Trifkovic · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lovely book, but don't pick it up thinking you'll cook too many of those, unless you're seriously dedicated. The food is true to SJ style ad the writing wonderfully off hand and fun, even though it does verge on (self-)parody of ye olde worlde Britishness and some of the photographs are bit 'waheey, aren't we wacky'.

Still, for all its flaws, it's a great little volume from wonderful team...

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

More great cooking, more crazy British food ideas, lots to love, and others that make my stomach turn at the thought. We keep disposable razors in our kitchen now so that my husband can make the 'Trotter Gear' from here - which requires shaving the excess hair off the pig feet. Not pretty, but tasty.

[Raul · Rating 5 out of 5]

Swinederful!! Porktastic! Lardicious! Sow offally good, entertaining, and witty!

[Kim]

undoubtedly this book is wonderful for people who actually enjoy cooking. for me, I don't even know where to get these type of ingredients nor would I like to.
Far too adventurous for me!

[Drahcir10001 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very Entertaining. Fergus writes like no other (at least within the cooking genre). A book to read and enjoy away from the kitchen, as well as one to cook from.

[Mike]

It apparently helps to have a bic razor when cooking pigtails (shiver).

[Dean Jones]

This book, like all the work by Fergus Henderson is very charming and a good read. I don't' know if I would cook everything in this, but I still adore it. This would be a great gift for anyone who loves food.