The Recipe Project: A Delectable Extravaganza of Food and Music

Zero, One Ring (Performed by), and Newman, Leigh (Editor), and Hearst, Michael (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1936787008 / ISBN 13: 9781936787005

Published by Black Balloon Publishing, 2011

About this Item

Audio CD is present. The Recipe Project (book/cd package) features 10 recipes by celebrity chefs transformed word for word into singable, danceable, riotously delightful songs. Think: 100 Sweet Tomatoes by Mario Batali sung as whimsical Italian melody. Or Creamless Creamed Corn by Tom Colicchio sung as a classic rock tune.The book itself contains recipes by the same chefs (Mario Batali, David Chang, Michael Symon, Isa Chandra Moskowitz, Tom Colicchio and more) as well interviews with the culinary stars, restaurant playlists, and essays by acclaimed food writers such as Melissa Clark, JJ Goode, Christine Muhlke, Michael Harlan Turkell and John T. Edge.

Seller Inventory # SKU2010025693

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Recipe Project: A Delectable Extravaganza of Food and Music
• Publisher: Black Balloon Publishing
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1936787008
• ISBN 13: 9781936787005
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dustjacket as issued.
• Weight: 15 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cookbooks

About this title

Synopsis

What began as a simple idea: take the recipes of today’s top chefs, set them to music, and sing them word for word. The result is a quirky, remarkably catchy cd-book combo that poses some timely questions about the glories of music and food.

If chefs are the new rock stars, why not celebrate them as exactly that? And how loud can David Chang play The Kinks before his restaurant patrons walk out?

Here, in one totally unnecessary collection, you get it all: the album of songs, the brilliant recipes, plus personal interviews with the famed chefs about everything from childhood violin lessons to teenage Van Halen haircuts. Along the way, some of the most noteworthy culinary writers in the country—including Melissa Clark and John T. Edge—weigh in on how food and music have helped them survive screaming newborns, religious fundamentalism, and dinner with grandma.

About the Author

Michael Hearst is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and writer. He is a founding member of the band One Ring Zero, which has released nine albums, including the literary collaboration As Smart As We Are (The Author Project), featuring lyrics by Paul Auster, Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers, and Neil Gaiman, among others; Planets, a collection of new compositions to represent the solar system and beyond; and their most recent, The Recipe Project, in which the band has taken recipes from today's top chefs (Mario Batali, Tom Colicchio, David Chang, etc.), set them to music, and sing them word for word.