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Ugh - ok-ish, I guess? I’m actually terribly disappointed about this book. I’m speaking as a huge fan of Rick Stein & his simple, locally-based approach to cooking as seen in his BBC series ‘Long Weekends’, ‘Mediterranean’, ‘India’ & ‘Far East’ - although touristy shows are for a British audience, his recipes have a depth & sincerity(& simplicity) that captures the essence of regional cuisine.‘Food Heroes’ is focused on traditional British cooking & recipes don’t really ‘work’ with non- local substitutes (specialized blue cheese is, after all, specialized blue cheese). In his other series I could swap out proteins or change it to all vegetarian while maintaining the same spice-style & cooking techniques (yum, aoili on everything;) but with the recipes here I can’t really do that - duck, is well, duck and although I can do roast chicken it’s not the same because spices in the British recipes are more limited... in all actuality this might be more of a complaint about British cooking as a whole rather than Rick Stein per se. Desserts are ok, if you’re into custard everything;) I’d recommend Rick Stein’s ‘Long Weekends’ & ‘Spain’ as waaaay superior cookbooks than his ‘Food Heroes’ - photos are better (less dated late ‘90s) & the writing actually makes you FEEL like you’re traveling alongside Rick on a path of culinary discovery- his British book is more ‘telling’ about an uninspired food path :/I’m sorry Rick, I was disappointed:(
