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The Fugal Gourmet: February 2015
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How musicians think about food. How to Cook A Wolf - Part Deux. The cold weather has finally left us, unlike the rest of the country, Houston is headed into spring. Although I see in our future some colder temperatures. Ah, but what is cold to southern Texas. I continue on my mission to work my way slowly through MFK Fisher’s How to Cook a Wolf. And speaking of simple, I recently purchased the CD (yes I bought a real CD) Another Day, AnotherTime Celebrating the music of Llewyn Davis. Okay, back to food.
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The Fugal Gourmet: July 2011
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How musicians think about food. Tacos de Pescado con Agréments (or, ¿Did Couperin Visit the New World? Tonight we had the simple fish taco. The finished product reminds me a of an air de cour. Ornamented following Mersenne's guidelines in Harmonie universelle. Paris, 1636-7). On the surface a taco is just a taco, and an air is just an air. Neither appears exceptionally complex but that is why both "compositions" provide such a satisfying result (when prepared properly). The air de cour. And the essential...
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The Fugal Gourmet: How to Cook a Wolf - Part one
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How musicians think about food. How to Cook a Wolf - Part one. I recently starting reading How to Cook a Wolf. By MFK Fisher and have decided that over the next. Three little pigs -. The wolf lands in the cooking pot -. Few weeks I will make an adventure of her wise words and recipes and share them with you. How to Cook a Wolf. She sets out in the first chapter ( How to be Sage Without Hemlock). Her simple plan: Balance the day, not each meal in the day. Her beliefs: balance, keeping it simple, keeping i...
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The Fugal Gourmet: March 2011
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How musicians think about food. Iberia and the New World (¿Por aquí o para llevar? To help prepare emotionally, as well as intellectually and musically, for the concert of Baroque, Renaissance, and Traditional music from Spain and Latin America (and one piece of Yaqui Indian origins), a sampling of cuisine from Spain, Mexico, and Argentina was needed. From Steve Raichlen's Healthy Latin Cuisine. Substituting squid rings and bay scallops for the shrimp. Tacos de carne asada. This seems almost redundant gi...
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The Fugal Gourmet: July 2013
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How musicians think about food. To be in Provence. Sundays are a wonderful day for relaxing, reading, a good wine and a simple meal. I found a menu for a Picnic in Provence in Bon Appétit. And I thought it perfect for our mild day. Sources: Food Lover’sCompanion. You can find the entire menu here. I made a few changes to the recipes but only slightly. For the chicken I did not actually have herbes de Provence, but I had all the ingredients I needed to make it. Japanese eggplant and yellow and green sweet...
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The Fugal Gourmet: The right tool for the job: accordions over knives
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How musicians think about food. The right tool for the job: accordions over knives. You say, "Why do you need a course on cooking chicken? Now that my tools are in order I can perform my journeyman cooking skills more efficiently. 8220;Yes, well, this is all well and good, but how is this relevant to music? 8221; you ask. Of course you cannot play Argentine tango. On a single-row Cajun accordion (and why would you try? And do not even think about playing “ Jole blon. But you get my point).
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The Fugal Gourmet: September 2011
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How musicians think about food. Grass Fed (or, the Fundamental Bass). I recently had an exceptionally fine day with my wife at the State Fair. You ask, "I see how this dedication, routine, and respect for something is similar to music, but how does this relate to food? The fundamental bass in music. Or as demonstrated in Francesco Gasparini's L'Armonico Pratico al Cimbalo. The building of harmony from the ground up. And their relevance in composition and performance. An awareness of the sources and p...
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The Fugal Gourmet: Les éléments (or, less is more)
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How musicians think about food. Les éléments (or, less is more). 8221; or “I guess I’ll have to go to the concert to hear the entire piece in context.“ After doing this for several years I started dumping this efficient practice on to my students. A few years ago one student came to me and gave me a book, Talent is Overrated. Has been further solidified and embedded in my attitude about flute practice and cooking by Tim Ferris in his 4-Hour books ( 4-Hour Body. I’ve not read the 4-Hour Work Week. Now whe...
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The Fugal Gourmet: To be in Provence
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How musicians think about food. To be in Provence. Sundays are a wonderful day for relaxing, reading, a good wine and a simple meal. I found a menu for a Picnic in Provence in Bon Appétit. And I thought it perfect for our mild day. Sources: Food Lover’sCompanion. You can find the entire menu here. I made a few changes to the recipes but only slightly. For the chicken I did not actually have herbes de Provence, but I had all the ingredients I needed to make it. Japanese eggplant and yellow and green sweet...
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The Fugal Gourmet: Who are you? (or, Les goûts réunis en Latinoamericana)
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How musicians think about food. Or, Les goûts réunis en Latinoamericana). I was, as usual, thinking about tacos. Tacos de carne asada with tomatillo salsa and the ubiquitous signifier of Mexican food, the lime. But what got me started thinking about tacos? I believe it was this article by Coriún Aharonián about a Latin American musical identity. Here is the full citation:. 15, no. 2 (October 1, 1994): 189–225. After Columbus got lost and crashed into the Caribbean (quite a bit off from his original desti...
