Kitchen Creativity

Unlock your creative potential with the world's most imaginative chefs. In
this groundbreaking exploration of culinary genius, the authors of The Flavor
Bible reveal the surprising strategies great chefs use to do what they do
best.

Beyond a cookbook, Kitchen Creativity is a paradigm-shifting guide to
inventive cooking (without recipes!) that will inspire you to think,
improvise, and cook like the world's best chefs. Great cooking is as much
about intuition and imagination as it is about flavor and technique.

Kitchen Creativity distills brilliant insights into these creative processes
from more than 100 top restaurant kitchens, including the Bazaar, Blue Hill,
Daniel, Dirt Candy, Eleven Madison Park and the NoMad, Gramercy Tavern, the
Inn at Little Washington, Le Bernardin, Oleana, Rustic Canyon, Saison, Single
Thread, and Topolobampo.

Based on four years of extensive research and dozens of in-depth interviews,
Kitchen Creativity illuminates the method (and occasional madness) of culinary
invention.

Part I reveals how to learn foundational skills, including how to appreciate,
taste, and season classic dishes (Stage 1: Mastery), before reinventing the
classics from a new perspective (Stage 2: Alchemy). Einstein's secret of
genius-combinatory play-pushes chefs to develop unique creations and heighten
their outer and inner senses (Stage 3: Creativity). Part II's A-to-Z entries
are an invaluable culinary idea generator, with exercises to prompt new
imaginings.

You'll also discover: experts' criteria for creating new dishes, desserts, and
drinks; comprehensive seasonality charts to spark inspiration all year long;
how to season food like a pro, and how to create complex yet balanced layers
of flavor; the amazing true stories of historic dishes, like how desperate
maitre d' "Nacho" Anaya invented nachos; and proven tips to jump-start your
creative process.

The ultimate reference for culinary brainstorming, Kitchen Creativity will
spur your creativity to new heights, both in the kitchen and beyond.