Monday, 13 July 2015

Food Faux Pas

This weekend I paid somebody a compliment which it turns out came across as an insult.

So, for the record: if I say your food is simple and delicious, I mean that as praise.

Not for nothing I did not grow up with a complex, hours-of-preparation, dozens-of-ingredients and drown-it-all-in-sauce French cuisine. Not that this option can not taste good as well. However if I am impressed by your few ingredients with a simple but perfectly executed preparation, that is high praise from me. I like to taste every ingredient in a dish, so it justifies its presence.

Ingredient selection, proper cooking method/timing and taste-as-you-go. Keys to a perfect dish. It's more than I can do.

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