Really enjoyed that *promote

The Alinea Project
http://www.allenhemberger.com/alinea/

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He comes off as a little naive about the differences between home cooking and restaurant cooking (not to mention the art of cookbook writing), but I still found it refreshing to hear about his thought process in seeing the project through.

That's really cool, and you have to admire his dedication and craft.


but....

I don't see creativity here.

Creativity comes from making something your own, not replicating the works of others. When you take the three things that are left in your fridge and somehow make a decent meal.... that's creativity to me.

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

He journeyed though the cook book to learn the artistry of Culinary Arts from a master using the masters tools, his recipes. He did not go through the book to learn how to create new dishes.

Armed with the knowledge he gained from the journey he can now go on to create his own dishes inspired (copied or stolen) from the recipes he so painstakingly recreated in a home kitchen I would give my left arm for.

I don't disapprove of what he's doing at all.

While we're quoting Picasso,

learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist

Well, that's my hipster quotient for the day. I have to go purge

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