A pleasant wine
where some chocolate images I found to buy:
MS Casanova / Peter Deilmann Reederei / Amsterdam
image Bill Barber with my post entitled “Amsterdam”
Interview with Chef Thomas Keller
Image S. Renee is a copy of my time with the Chef Thomas Keller. It is unique and that is why I. You to excuse me, does not seem if some sections (probably by me) as refined as they could be begging Published a short description here: www.torontolife.com/daily/daily-dish/aprons-icons/2009/12 … A large image of the head of Taku Kumabe.RS Keller: Thank you for taking the time to speak with us cellar Chief. I’ve heard that this is the first time in the city, and I was wondering if you might explore a large part of the culinary scene in Toronto THOMAS KELLER: Unfortunately, it was too late last night and I’m going tomorrow morning, I’m still not much to see. The restaurant was on my list was The Black Hoof, I hear very bonne.RS: How did you hear about The Black Hoof TK: One of my friends told me, and he came to my office “when you to Toronto, you should try , The Black Hoof is a wonderful restaurant … “RS: boss (Grant) van Gameren probably be happy to know that not so long ago, was the chef Daniel Boulud it .. . TK: Oh, it could be that Daniel told me. But tonight, when I’m finished with the conference and signing it may be too late, and then I’ll come back tomorrow at 6:00 to Chicago. For another autograph session, then the next Milwaukee So I try to respect my condition for men to articulate, and I expect an intelligent conversation. (RS: (laughs)) I’ll probably be in bed by midnight. This is a promotional tour and what I have learned, is that you have the time trying to maximize the message livre.RS get: And what message you want is through a PBX ad hoc teach at home: Well, I think , the overall objective of the book is to teach people the best chefs, they. more than their surroundings, they must be able to not only work, but all my recipes It is dangerous even for the cooking process and do something réalisable.RS: You are cookbooks nicely together (TK: Thank you), but ad hoc, with its quirky style in contrast to the French Laundry Cookbook, cap or pressure can affect this change TK: I look at all the books they are. With the French Laundry is a snapshot of the restaurant in 1998. In most restaurants, personality driven, this is a snapshot and is very specific to the restaurant on time. Bouchon is a cookbook that was historical, food handling and classic French bistro, nursing flavor profile. And everything we do is a sense of refinement, the revenue from the historic character of the income cap raised, but somehow thanks to the modernization and development of better products and techniques to use. Under Pressure was really written for professionals who teach them, to use a specific technology and how we adapted this technology in the restaurant kitchen. Although ad hoc special in a restaurant, in a short time was the family kitchen and family with whom the dialogue with the table and the food, no food should be included on the plate, but in the service of the people and defines how to serve food at home – no pretense involved, and the collective memory of the collaboration on the foods we do. My dishes are my memories, but there are memories of all those involved in ad hoc. I think it is an important element, so that when we have the courts, namely think Fried Chicken – real is so iconic American dish that extends the border economic, social and geographical something that everyone can identify s, the memory is a collective and bring them to the special atmosphere of a restaurant / recette.RS: I have two questions: In what direction you since? And what is your opinion on food trends TK: I have no plans on the horizon. We have a group of restaurants that are really important to me and the group (The French Laundry, Per Se, Bouchon, Bouchon Bakery) and ensure that they support and maintain the growth of controversial and continue to meet our customers expectations. We have our third Bouchon Beverly Hills for the next year and the other half would be created to ensure that the Foundation receives, must flourish. So this is what is on the horizon for me to maintain the quality of our restaurants, and when other options apparaissent.RS: How do you decide which of these options to continue TK: Los Angeles Angelios close sense because both Las Vegas and Yountville come. In fact, I work out of Southern California, Southern California, I know people in the Southern California … It is part of the foundation. The entry of a new community, as we did in Las Vegas, it’s a little difficult, but people outside of Las Vegas many chances. Scottsdale wants to say is another matter, because I can not connect to Scottsdale.Quand you think the food or cooking, it is produced and execution. The skill level of leaders, the quality of equipment, quality of installation – that’s the definition, the product of the simple food we get is defined by a number of different things defined execution managed. If you look elsewhere, this is not your country, where you can not move you to understand how easy products or products it is hard to say. When I arrived in Toronto, I do not know because I have no experience with it. So I really [about] to learn in the first place., Where his food quality food and comfortable in a position to open a restaurant, so I could not half of the equation and we are confident that this is just bon.Il so easy to open a restaurant. There are several ways to open a restaurant, but that’s really what the expectations are. When I arrived in Toronto, London and Singapore, and I am not in a position to do this, so I reduced the quality of the experience – and reduce the quality of your reputation. And the only thing is, his boss réputation.RS: So what you as your inheritance, a kind of brand Thomas Keller, if you want, or if you know the name of the association agreement? TK:. . “Oh, if you are a brand,” Well, this is a brand, and I’m happy to put this six years ago, because people always say no, when it begins, “No, No, I’m not really a brand “And I do not know what it meant, until you get comfortable with the fact that you really start a brand. Finally, you need to find what kind of brand that you want to be. I always say that if I were to highlight the analogy of fashion, I want to be Hermes – If you have a parallel with which you start drawing, it’s a brand that’s exceptional integrity, without compromising quality widespread what they are respected, and they have not really their main activities developed foulards.RS Leather: As an experienced hand in the kitchen, where you Who do you most impressed with TK. Wherever I go, I’m impressed by the restaurants I ordered a lot of respect, as always, Grant Achatz of Chicago chefs, Heston Blumenthal and Fergus Henderson UK … There are dozens and dozens of the world. Only exceptional leaders who move at a high level and there are those that you do not really a very good job just work every day to make a good travail.RS: It is respect for you, like words for even more young people in society have traditional knowledge. Everyone knows as the personality of the leader. Who knows why we became what we are. There is no way to set or clear to us that the training that we are outside the scope of our training: the kitchen. How to stand around and shoot interviews, one of the leaders of the last generation, not all raised expectations cela.Les with my generation of leaders, if you think about the new generation of leaders, they had a menu, a kitchen, a restaurant, and they do not change it. She worked tirelessly to refine and perfect meals every day, and they were respected for it. Everyone had the same food, but what you do is better than the other restaurant is the quality of the product and process. Today, it is not specific to a court because it is driven every personality – the food is Thomas Keller and Daniel Boulud or food or Pierre Gagnaire or Grant Achatz, Ferran Adria food – it is connected to people, person, personality. Our dishes are different from traditional recipes and flavor profiles / components into something. So why RS: Why TK: I do not know (laughs). This is a good question. I do not know. I do not know why and I do not know how the child in the street, I am also a good cook. I do not know pas.RS: Do you think, is it because you work hard and take TK: I think a lot of people are working hard. Why would a person get to it and not someone else? There is no luck involved in some trouble, of course, I mean, how is it? I worked hard all my life, and I thought I had other successful restaurants that have failed. I landed on the French Laundry for 39 years and suddenly I had a stroke. You keep trying, you do not stop. Perseverance, tenacity, luck, I mean, there are all different things, why a person gets to be done to others affected pas.RS: Although you great cook and a few states in the country world, I do not know if you have only chance … TK: (laughs) No, no understanding, do not get me wrong, I do not think it is less important, gifted, or centered on the importance of being, or have applied for a common goal. There are so many things that create the basis for all, and I do not want to minimize it. But at the end of the day, there are a number of ways, as you see, or someone else is looking at you … There are a lot of things. It is interesting philosophical question there is no answer, it is just a conversation you have had with people about why you are who you are and what happens to our industry partners in the 60s housewife. It was not even a professional – culinary profession, recently in our lives (or at least in my life (laughs), I’m not sure how old you are) RS: (laughs). even my life, but now I am sure that we all agree that glamourized culinary arts are a highly respected profession, everyone can not only faire.TK: It is difficult, and that is what should be. Cooking, when I started, there were no celebrity chefs. Enter now become célébrités.RS youth leader: you rub the wrong way TK: on Sunday, since it has no influence: I do not think necessarily that it must be a bad thing, but to be the basis for a solid foundation culinaire.RS basic … TK: Yes, yes. So we talked about evolution, and I’m only against the trend, because the true definition of a trend is something that has an end. So why would you want to be fashionable? It makes no sense to me. “I want to be fashionable, and it will never be exceeded ..” Another thing about evolution: What food is a food trend this year and next year Why rocket this year and next year, I still have my rocket rocket – it’s great, it was still around, why not put I understand that sometimes there is no value there are some trends!.? which are very important .. Do not get me wrong, but the definition is too far from the trend a little bit when it is used, and non-food sens.RS: But if you were to open a menu …. What the