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Haute Cuisine
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Escoffier early 1900's
- modernized Haute Cuisine
- wrote "Le guide culinaire"
- created to add to the flavor of dish, not mask
- de-emphasized heavy sauces
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service à la russe
- serving separate courses on separate plates
- balance of flavors
- shortened prep time
- Specialized preparation (brigade system)
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Presentation
- smell
- visual presentation
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Preparation
- touch/texture
- taste
- visual presentation
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Carême early 1800's
- originator of Haute Cuisine
- chefs toque and whites
- simplified ingredients, more herbe and vegtables
- turned away from middle ages display to impress
- 4 mother sauces
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standard of excellent cuisine
- original benchmark of fine cooking
- enduring validity
- cross cultural acceptance
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Consumption
- touch/texture
- smell
- taste
- visual presentation
- What is beauty?
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Objective Definiton
- Quality of beauty resides in object
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Plato
- before 1600's
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Subjective Definition
- 1600's to 1900's
- Judgement of beauty depends on the observer
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Interactive Definition
- 1900's to present
- cognitive
- philosophical
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Aspects of beauty
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Everyday Beauty
- FOOD
- clothing
- furnishings
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Human Beauty
- sexual attractiveness
- Physical appearance
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Artistic Beauty
- painting
- sculpture
- poetry
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Natural Beauty
- sunset
- waterfall
- flowers
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Characteristics of beauty
- balance
- texture
- color & contrast
- harmony
- symmetry
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Summary
- "the qualities that give pleasure to the senses"
- Reflected in the ideals of Haute Cuisine