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Alinea cookbook: I thought the tweezers were a bit much, but SAWDUST as an ingredient?
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heather_in_sf
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Ever eat a pine tree? Many parts are edible!
cable has been down for a while yes...it's quite amazing, actually
Small bites of absolutely intensive flavors...24 courses leading the diner through all their senses.
Well, this is what I thought the restaurant's concept was, but then I just read about a full-size steak as one course, so now I'm confused.
The head chef/owner does nothing but tweeze ingredients onto the final presentations--for 4 hours. That's what it says. He doesn't cook, saute, chop, grill...he tweezes.
There is a beautiful photo of a waiter holding a linen pillow on top rests a bowl of English peas and its flavorings. The pillow is filled with lavender steam and deflates while in the diner's presence, sending wafts of scent into the air. (see link...sadly, this photo doesn't show the steam rising like the image in the book.)
And yes, there is a recipe for ice cream with the heavy cream soaking in sawdust to pick up the applewood flavors.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2008-01/34607598.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.newsday.com/features/food/ny-foodporn-pg,0,3972586.photogallery%3Findex%3D151&usg=__TX3LDkD95DPGCboRmfrP7TJqPEc=&h=333&w=500&sz=29&h
Small bites of absolutely intensive flavors...24 courses leading the diner through all their senses.
Well, this is what I thought the restaurant's concept was, but then I just read about a full-size steak as one course, so now I'm confused.
The head chef/owner does nothing but tweeze ingredients onto the final presentations--for 4 hours. That's what it says. He doesn't cook, saute, chop, grill...he tweezes.
There is a beautiful photo of a waiter holding a linen pillow on top rests a bowl of English peas and its flavorings. The pillow is filled with lavender steam and deflates while in the diner's presence, sending wafts of scent into the air. (see link...sadly, this photo doesn't show the steam rising like the image in the book.)
And yes, there is a recipe for ice cream with the heavy cream soaking in sawdust to pick up the applewood flavors.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2008-01/34607598.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.newsday.com/features/food/ny-foodporn-pg,0,3972586.photogallery%3Findex%3D151&usg=__TX3LDkD95DPGCboRmfrP7TJqPEc=&h=333&w=500&sz=29&h