Alexis Gauthier: Vegetronic - Hardcover

Gauthier, Alexis

9781848093874: Alexis Gauthier: Vegetronic

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184809387X ISBN 13: 9781848093874

Publisher: Preface Publishing, 2013

There was a time where holding a recipe book meant following a magical recipe which let us into the secrets of how to transform ingredients into a delicious meal. When a perfect recipe would give us the best lemon custard ever. No questions asked. We would just follow the recipe.

When I started my cooking apprenticeship, I was told that I should know, by heart, every single classic dish that made up French gastronomy. I should know my Sauce Choron from my Hollandaise. I should know what a Bercy garnish adds to a filet of Sole. I should be reverent to everything Escoffier had said and done. So I learnt it, and without realizing I became just another recipe follower.

Then in 1993 I entered the kitchen of Alain Ducasse, and for the next two years I slowly rediscovered the fundamentals of cooking by trusting my instincts and intuition rather than following a written recipe. First I realised that cooking was all about the original ingredient, something Escoffier had forgotten to mention. Then I realised that the best ingredients are almost always the ones that are local that can be found naturally around you. But vitally I realised that the most important 'ingredient' of all is trusting your instincts.

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About the Author:

ALEXIS GAUTHIER, born in Avignon, Provence, is a French chef. Gauthier chooses to operate along unusual lines, he takes a more Californian, almost British approach allowing the seasons and his suppliers to influence and determine what he and his talented brigade cook with a particularly strong, and rather un-French, emphasis on the freshest vegetables and salads.

Review:

"Gauthier Soho has been applauded to the echo by critics: 'A master class' Fay Maschler; '9/10' Giles Coren; 'Gauthier shows vegetables in the best possible way, even if this means cooking them in meat or chicken stock' The Wall Street Journal; 'Extraordinary in the intensity of the flavours' Guardian; 'Flawless food from the French master' City AM" * Various * "Mind-blowing" * Psychologies * "Great fun to read...likeably odd" * Metro * "Eating your greens has never been so gourmet" * Easy Living Online * "120 recipes designed to bring vegetables to life - and it's not just for vegetarians" * Fabric *

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