French version Facecook
"pinoficara" interview 03/04/2008
| How long have you been cooking and what actually gave you the taste for cooking ? | |
| I have been cooking since I was a kid, mostly helping my mother who liked to throw parties for friends and family. | |
| What's your favorite dish and why ? | |
| Difficult question because I go though phases. When I started cooking professinally I spent more than one year perfecting bread baking. These days I am more interested in braising meats and vegetables dishes. My favourite dish of the moment is rosted por | |
| Your greatest culinary memory ? | |
| Cooking and serving 200 pastas for a culinary event in New York. At the end of the service my sous chefs and I were laughing like kids, we could not believe we made it in less than 2 hours. | |
| What recipe or dish (or starter, salad, desert…) are you best known for ? | |
| Vegetable napoleons and croissants beurre. | |
| A restaurant you would like to recommend and the reasons why ? | |
| I like a small place in the 10th called Urbane. The chef is very creative even with humble ingredients. Presentation and seasoning are perfect. Prices and wine list incredibly honest, | |
| What do you like and dislike about the region/town/village you live in ? | |
| I live in Paris (after a full decade in NYC). I love the availability of fresh ingredients, the relatively slow pace, compared obviously to NYC. I don't like the smell of cigarette smoke and even though smoking is now prohibited in public places, walking | |
| What are your favorite works or heroes (author or book, film director/actor or movie, paintings or painters ,etc.)? | |
| Movie Directors: Scorsese, Tarantino Painters: Edward Munch Writer: Chuck Palahniuk Chef: Alain Ducasse Actor: Javier Bardem Actress: Franka Potente | |
| A place for holidays to recommend and the reasons why ? | |
| Greece. People are nice, food is fresh, prices affordable. | |
| What do you consider the most important qualities in a man ? | |
| Respect for other beings | |
| And in a woman ? | |
| Respect for other beings | |
| Your crasiest dream ? | |
| Catering for a movie production company in LA | |
| What natural talent do you wish you had ? | |
| I'd like to be a better swimmer. | |
| What non-cooking related website would you like to recommend ? | |
| I love www.newscientist.com | |
| A Cookshow member or recipe that you particularly like ? | |
| I like Daniel Rose's videos |