If any of you have been keeping up, you know how amazed I am with the genius of Heston Blumenthal, Chef/Owner of The Fat Duck. Recently, there was a food poisoning scare there and he shut the place down and focused extreme efforts on testing all his ingredients and environments. There were no indicators of food related illnesses…turns out more than 400 people have fallen sick from their experience so they are investigating perhaps an airborne issue. Sucks. Place is ridiculous.

Also, Mr. Blumenthal has a new program on TV across the pond. Pretty poor timing but as they say, bad PR is good PR? The concept is food through history and here is a link to the first episode. He does “Victorian” and goes further by incorporating Lewis Carroll’s “Alice In Wonderland.” Check out the Mad Hatter’s Turtle Soup. Whatttt??? He makes a dessert with dildos, people. Or vibrators, for you sex toy sticklers.

This guy is such a genius, I can’t stand it. Look what he does with this (think tea/bouillon):