The Taste of Things - French Gastronomy

Jenn and Clara discuss the intense and gorgeous opening 40-minute sequence in the film, The Taste of Things, which highlights the heavy technique and ingredients in 19th-century French gastronomy. Classics like vol au vent, pot au feu, and techniques like poaching, braising, and flambe are also discussed. Chapters 0:22 French Gastronomy in The Taste of Things 0:39 One sentence summary of the movie 0:50 Fun fact  1:00 Why we chose this film 1:30 Cast, crew, and awards 2:14 Chef Pierre Gagnaire  2:59 Culinary team 4:19 Culinary Class Wars: Hollywood edition 5:06 What's in a name? 6:00 The garden 7:17 Purple carrots 8:03 Zero food waste 8:50 The props 9:45 The lunch menu 10:15 Consomme 10:35 All about poached turbot 12:13 Tourneed potatoes (any why we don't like them) 13:24 French mother sauces 14:11 Auguste Escoffier in the house! [Ad break] 16:25 Seafood vol au vent 18:30 Asparagus 19:19 Meat course 21:08 Sauce bourgignette 22.37 Baked Alaska 24:47 Where is the scene in the movie? 28:37 Culinary terms 33:14 Meal of love versus a meal of zero substance 34:12 Clara and Jenn's picks 35:58 Our next episode 🐷👻 Links We Mentioned • The Dinner Plan by Patrick Willems  (https://nebula.tv/dinnerplan) • Why Taz Skylar From Netflix's One Piece Learned To Cook In Real Life (https://www.mashed.com/1528400/why-ne...) • The Escoffier Cookbook (https://bookshop.org/a/55436/97805175...) (Affiliate link) Sounds/Music We Used • Laugh (applause) track material by Unfa (Freesound) (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/peo...) • French France Music by VibeHorn (https://pixabay.com/music/france-fren...) • Register Cha-Ching! by DRAGON-STUDIO (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/fil...) • Cow bell by joachim_27 (Freesound) (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/mus...) • Ooooh Owww_mixdown by (https://pixabay.com/sound-effects/peo...) kaldark (Freesound) (https://pixabay.com/users/freesound_c...) Support the show! Join our membership program. (https://thecinemachefs-shop.fourthwal...) Follow The Cinema Chefs on Instagram (  / thecinemachefs  ) Follow Clara Park on Instagram (  / claraparkcooks  ) Follow Clara Park on Letterboxd (https://letterboxd.com/claraparkcooks/) Follow Jenn de la Vega on Letterboxd (https://letterboxd.com/randwiches/) Follow Jenn de la Vega on Instagram (  / randwiches  ) Theme music by penguinmusic - “Paradise Island (https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-para...) ” and "Elegant Minimal (https://pixabay.com/music/upbeat-eleg...) "from Pixabay. Logo by Nikki Newsome (https://nilonewgraphics.com/) Share the show with a friend!