British tome wins cookbook of the year at Oscars of US food world

Heston Blumenthal’s Historic Heston described as ‘bible’ and time capsule of British gastronomy.

It’s drawn mixed reviews since its release last year, but celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal’s encyclopedic tome tracing the history of British culinary traditions emerged the big winner at an event known as the Oscars of the US food world.