Comments on: Change Your Relationship To Your Food - Step 7 http://jontillman.com/2006/05/19/change_your_relationship_to_your_food_-_step_7/ Part of the problem since 1976 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:52:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jon Tillman http://jontillman.com/2006/05/19/change_your_relationship_to_your_food_-_step_7/comment-page-1/#comment-63 Jon Tillman Fri, 19 May 2006 19:41:30 +0000 http://jontillman.com/2006/05/change_your_relationship_to_your_food_-_step_7.html#comment-63 It really is that way. I was a sous chef to an excellent Chef at one point, and there were no recipes to be had anywhere in our kitchen. He never wrote them down, and I never made the lines use them.Instead, we would look at what was available and pick an ingredient for a night, or a week, and then he would run with it.Working in a restaurant that changes the entire menu daily was a real eye-opener, and moved my cooking well beyond what I thought I was capable of. It didn't hurt that Chef was pulling in several million dollars a year in profit; he was very tolerant of culinary "experiments", as long as he was served some of whatever it was :) It really is that way. I was a sous chef to an excellent Chef at one point, and there were no recipes to be had anywhere in our kitchen. He never wrote them down, and I never made the lines use them.Instead, we would look at what was available and pick an ingredient for a night, or a week, and then he would run with it.Working in a restaurant that changes the entire menu daily was a real eye-opener, and moved my cooking well beyond what I thought I was capable of. It didn’t hurt that Chef was pulling in several million dollars a year in profit; he was very tolerant of culinary “experiments”, as long as he was served some of whatever it was :)

]]> By: Jackie http://jontillman.com/2006/05/19/change_your_relationship_to_your_food_-_step_7/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Jackie Fri, 19 May 2006 19:25:46 +0000 http://jontillman.com/2006/05/change_your_relationship_to_your_food_-_step_7.html#comment-62 I like this point of view: "recipes are merely suggestions for treating an ingredient". Also, I really like the content on your site in general. I sat and read the whole thing yesterday... I like this point of view: “recipes are merely suggestions for treating an ingredient”.

Also, I really like the content on your site in general. I sat and read the whole thing yesterday…

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