Cooking is just a vehicle to express yourself, like painting and acting... The reason why we're cooking is not because we want to put something on the plate. It's so much more complex than that.
Dominique CrennRead
I don't want people to look at my menu and see just the ingredients. I want to take them on a journey.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of storytelling in culinary experiences beyond just the food itself.
Dominique Crenn expresses her desire for dining to be more than just a meal; she wants it to be an experience that engages the senses and emotions, transporting guests on a journey through her menu. This reflects a broader philosophy that art and creativity in cooking can create meaningful connections and memories rather than merely focusing on the components of a dish.
In practice
In a food blog discussing innovative culinary arts.
Cooking is just a vehicle to express yourself, like painting and acting... The reason why we're cooking is not because we want to put something on the plate. It's so much more complex than that.
Eating is an act of activism for me; it's politics.
My restaurant is an expression of myself - my fantasies. Where I've been, and where I want to be. I think of my cooking as very emotional.
When I interview people that want to work with us, I often disregard their resume, because a piece of paper, it doesn't tell me really who they are. I'm looking for honesty, vulnerability. I'm looking for strength, I'm looking for weakness. I'm looking also for someone that wants to learn and is excited about learning.
My grandmother was kind, but she knew what she wanted and she wasn't afraid to give a command. When, eventually, I ran my own kitchen, I realized I had a leadership model reaching back into my earliest memories.
Early in my career, I was told I shouldn't try to work in a kitchen, that I should consider serving or managing instead. It was a sad narrative that was given to me, and it came from a society that didn't know better.
Many great works of art, poetry, and music are inspired by astral memories. The desire to do noble, beautiful things here on Earth is also often a carryover of astral experiences between a person's earth lives.
In its primary aspect, a painting has no more spiritual message than an exquisite fragment of Venetian glass. The channels by which all noble and imaginative work in painting should touch the soul are not those of the truths of lives.
Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.
I knew, regardless of anything else, singing in front of an orchestra was going to be inspirational. It would feed me.
Writing doesn't mean necessarily putting words on a sheet of paper. You can write a chapter while walking or eating.
Accentuated plainness and accentuated vice ought to bring about harmony. Beauty lies in harmony, in style, whether it be the harmony of ugliness or beauty, vice or virtue.
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