Ingredients

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Culinary Artistry

By Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page

Published 1996

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  1. Olive oil. That’s what I cook with—it reigns in the kitchen! It’s healthy and tasty.
  2. Garlic. I love garlic—it’s very gutsy.
  3. White truffles. Especially over pasta.
  4. Porcini. The greatest mushroom, in terms of flavor and texture.
  5. Tomatoes. I love tomatoes, but only during the summer. (See Terrance Brennan’s recipe for Poached Halibut with Tomato Confit, which he says he devised “in order to extend the tomato season!”)
  6. Bread. A good, crusty campagne bread.
  7. Cheese. With bread, cheese, and wine, you’d have a nice lunch. I’d want to take a basket of cheeses—Brin d’Amour, Cabralles (a Spanish blue cheese), Reblouchon, and Parmesan, which is arguably the greatest cheese in the world. It’s the only cheese with an entire cuisine behind it.
  8. Wine. I love wonderful, big, nicely aged red wines.
  9. Peaches. Perfectly vine-ripened peaches—they’re perfect with blueberries.
  10. Chocolate. I love chocolate.