Special Award Winner at the Gourmand World Cookbook AwardsThe debut cookbook from Michelin-starred chef Stuart RalstonAcclaimed chef Stuart Ralston is known as one of the most innovative and creative cooks working in the UK today. Stuart’s inspirations come from all around him, and throughout his career he has kept a notebook to jot down ideas for flavour combinations and recipes. He goes back to those ideas again and again, playing with taste and texture to create stunning and intriguing dishes. Catalogued Ideas and Random Thoughts - A Cookbook traces his evolution as a chef, and brings together the food that inspires him, the finely crafted dishes that he creates in his restaurants and the food he likes to cook at home. A unique and beautiful cloth-bound hardback edition with elastic closure and stunning photography by Clair Irwin.