Here is a fresh look at the one liners from our current notebook.
Reframe
Compressing ideas
There are plenty of wrong ways, the key is discovering which ones are right
I don't pay for breaks
It's our differences that bring us together
Experience(s)is (are)the source of inspiration
If you're not buying something leave
If it appears to be easy, be ready for a challenge
Waiting for Closure
What's your creative direction
Explore systems and processes
Finding and Observing
Does creativity need validation?
The difference between a fix and a solution
What do you see and where do you see it?
Recipes share processes and techniques that we can build upon
Enough connection allows for solitudes
I'm really good at making snap decisions...It's the consequences that I struggle with
Opposites/rivals are partners
Animating Passion
Creative pairs and tension
Raising the Bar in Recipes
Let's figure it out
Idea Knitting
innovation brings change change brings disruptions disruptions spark discoveries discoveries allow for innovation rock the boat
showing all the wrong ways doesn't make the right way any better
sometimes you have to make space
Spell check doesn’t catch typos
Apply exacting details to simple ingredients
Dehydrating lets you shrink form and increase flavor
Traditions are just accepted habits…think most traditions tend to have somewhat of an emotional context to the event; habits are just rote actions carried out… so then habit+emotion= tradition
If you are willing to make the time you can make anything happen
A great teachers students achieve the accolades
It is the smallest connections that make the biggest impacts
not only do we look for connections, we look for reasons for the connections at which point we begin wasting time
Define your own style. Focus your attention. Have a voice
Explore the elements of an ingredient
Better Make Sure Your Dreams are Your Own
Translating the method to the madness is the difficult part
Why are so many of our foods round: bagel, English muffin, crackers, donuts: seems a lot of waste in process, storage, design and more
Investigate Pauses
What does the ingredient say to you
It’s a discovery Process
If you don't have the power to make the decision then you should not be in the position to be asked about decisions
Pairing Thoughts
Connections to something great
Blend affinity and focus
Wasting Paper
Borrowing external things
The creative pair...what if people are looking for that to allow for own growth
A creative catalyst
Proficiency and Daring
Changing the world of food from the inside out
Exploring creative catalysts
Knowledge adds value
Traditions are just accepted habits
When you're trained to question, many times the questions or the training can take you spiraling out of control It's important to always ask why
There's the basics and then there's the breakthroughs
Obstacles and distractions are different
What is the essence of BBQ?
Do You need what you think you need?
If pasta is for the most part flour and liquid, the spectacular nature of it must come from the cook
A forced hand doesn’t play well
Creative Discipline
Fermentation Fundamentals
It’s about the Story
Is it a wall or the wrong path
The flaw is often the point of interest
Rely on your own instincts
The genius is not in the discovery but in the application
If we spent more time appreciating and less time worrying about what’s wasted we might improve
nothing is foolproof, all the fools are proof
we fill the space we are given
when you really practice a lot you get to a space where you don’t have to think anymore, at least for a moment
The most difficult part in achieving anything is asking the question.
We hang onto what we think is important
Remixing the classics
What is the Value of Delicious?
Is it better to create or combine
The people that want to know, do
The simplest expression is the clearest portrayal
Talk to me GoosE
I don't see problems just lots of solutions
There aren't problems if the goal is getting it right
An iTunes for recipes
The details of creativity
Creating Classics
A range of ingredients working together
It is the curious who discover
The most rejuvenating time in your career
The space matters
Removing obstacles
A return to precision
Exploring the flow of good feelings
Provide the opportunity to make the right decisions
It's ok to not know
Learning with Others
Learning alone Sucks
Connecting the dots in pursuit of flavor
Experimentation fuels idea generation
Traditions provide the framework for the rules we choose to break
We don't make you famous, we might make you look at the world differently
the details that make sense in a restaurant kitchen make nonsense in a home kitchen
I am reminded that what you do with inspiration is as important as the inspiration itself.
Simple is Not Easy
Is the model complex or complicated
The scenic Route to delicious.
Inspired through failure
Restless learning
Don't worry about how it was done, figure out how you would do it
The Salumi sessions
Guidelines are rules on vacation
How might we...
How might we bring more delicious food to small towns and suburbs?
Traditions provide the framework for the rules we choose to break
Notpoletana Pizza
We are not always the first phone call people make, we are just the right one
When you slow down the process you may pay more attention to the details
Explore the elements of an idea/dish/
We don't see details, we experience their results
There is an endless amount of material in the deep dive
Experience is Raw Material
Discovery, connection, implementation
Pan drippings: a podcast
Interior design for the mind
It’s much easier to improve than invent
What’s your canvas?
Changing Structure Not Content
If You Don’t Make it Happen Today, You Don’t Make it
We all want to feel good about our choices
The presenter is often not the inventor
when the model works it's in the substitutions where we can explore
When everything is in focus we lose depth and character
Take what exists and combine it to create what has not been seen before
Observing the interactions
Where ideas come together
Helping Cooks Understand
The stories we tell are a reflection of the person we are
Years Past
August 28, 2014
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August 28, 2011
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August 28, 2005
Ideas in Food: Great Recipes and Why They Work
Maximum Flavor: Recipes That Will Change the Way You Cook
Gluten Free Flour Power: Bringing Your Favorite Foods Back to the Table
