Comments on: Deconstruction http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/ Manolo Loves the Food! Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Mr. Henry http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52878 Mr. Henry Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:21:14 +0000 http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52878 Very nice posts, Kit, in particular the one on pointilism. Though Mr. Henry likes to grouse about the travesties of deconstruction, he would love to be able to enjoy daily the kinds of truly inspired deconstructions invented by Thomas Keller, ones that recombine traditional ingredients to achieve new delights both for the eye and for the palate. Very nice posts, Kit, in particular the one on pointilism.

Though Mr. Henry likes to grouse about the travesties of deconstruction, he would love to be able to enjoy daily the kinds of truly inspired deconstructions invented by Thomas Keller, ones that recombine traditional ingredients to achieve new delights both for the eye and for the palate.

]]> By: kitpollard http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52837 kitpollard Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:03:07 +0000 http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52837 Mr. Henry, sometimes I think I should just turn over the writing of my blog to you. Either that, or invite you and Mrs. Henry to dinner (a very Baltimore evening of crab cakes and The Wire, of course). This is just one of many times you've written a post that's so similar to something I've written or thought (my post on cubism - from last December - is <a href="http://mangoandginger.blogspot.com/2007/12/revolution-trickles-over.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> and one on pointilism is <a href="http://mangoandginger.blogspot.com/2008/02/dots-and-food-and-romance.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>). My posts are cursory at best, and you and your commenters do the subject more justice...but what a relief it is for me to know that I'm not alone in the way I think! Mr. Henry, sometimes I think I should just turn over the writing of my blog to you. Either that, or invite you and Mrs. Henry to dinner (a very Baltimore evening of crab cakes and The Wire, of course). This is just one of many times you’ve written a post that’s so similar to something I’ve written or thought (my post on cubism - from last December - is here and one on pointilism is here).

My posts are cursory at best, and you and your commenters do the subject more justice…but what a relief it is for me to know that I’m not alone in the way I think!

]]> By: Mr. Henry http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52769 Mr. Henry Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:02:41 +0000 http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52769 Fat is glorious, particularly when it's in the right places. It's treacly sweets that do you in. Fat is glorious, particularly when it’s in the right places. It’s treacly sweets that do you in.

]]> By: Judith in Umbria http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52767 Judith in Umbria Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:15:20 +0000 http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52767 Mr. Henry is apt to need size 38 jeans if he wallows too much in fatty prose... Mr. Henry is apt to need size 38 jeans if he wallows too much in fatty prose…

]]> By: Mr. Henry http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52636 Mr. Henry Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:58:07 +0000 http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52636 Mr. Henry can hardly believe the richness of these comments, and he hopes that when blended, they will make a delight for the reader more sumptuous than his post might make on its own. Mr. Henry can hardly believe the richness of these comments, and he hopes that when blended, they will make a delight for the reader more sumptuous than his post might make on its own.

]]> By: Twistie http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52633 Twistie Mon, 03 Mar 2008 22:18:40 +0000 http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52633 Hear, hear, Mr. Henry! Beef is lovely. A good sauce is a grand thing. Delicate pastry is a delight. But the true flavor and exquisite magic of Beef Wellington cannot be replicated by taking the pieces and serving them individually. Knowing what goes into it is an excellent thing, but they are at their best when completely constructed. Beef Wellington in bits and pieces makes me think sadly of the solo careers of The Beatles. Together, those four men had a quality that none had on his own. That's why Revolver, Rubber Soul and the White Album all have spaces on my rack, but there's no copy of Ram or Give My Regards to Broad Street. Sometimes things - and even people - need to be combined before their full potential is realized. Hear, hear, Mr. Henry!

Beef is lovely. A good sauce is a grand thing. Delicate pastry is a delight. But the true flavor and exquisite magic of Beef Wellington cannot be replicated by taking the pieces and serving them individually. Knowing what goes into it is an excellent thing, but they are at their best when completely constructed.

Beef Wellington in bits and pieces makes me think sadly of the solo careers of The Beatles. Together, those four men had a quality that none had on his own. That’s why Revolver, Rubber Soul and the White Album all have spaces on my rack, but there’s no copy of Ram or Give My Regards to Broad Street.

Sometimes things - and even people - need to be combined before their full potential is realized.

]]> By: Pancake Flipper http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52583 Pancake Flipper Sun, 02 Mar 2008 19:00:12 +0000 http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52583 Indeed, sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts whether you are talking about a dish such as Beef Wellington or a candidate as in Barack Obama. Princeton grad students might want to dissect the position statements of the candidates and judge the candidacy from that perspective but we know that a laundry list of positions doesn't make a president and a plate of food is far more than a list of contiguously placed ingredients. Indeed, sometimes the whole is greater than the sum of its parts whether you are talking about a dish such as Beef Wellington or a candidate as in Barack Obama. Princeton grad students might want to dissect the position statements of the candidates and judge the candidacy from that perspective but we know that a laundry list of positions doesn’t make a president and a plate of food is far more than a list of contiguously placed ingredients.

]]> By: Judith in Umbria http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52568 Judith in Umbria Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:42:06 +0000 http://manolofood.com/deconstruction/#comment-52568 Mr. Henry, I am in your corner. While deconstructing a traditional dish may have the advantage of allowing those who don't cook to finally know what they have been eating all their lives, it does nothing for the food. If apple pie became a pile of apple slices sitting in a pool of spiced, thickened apple juice and topped by a disk of crisp pastry, no one would go to war to defend it... whoops. Maybe there is a purpose to deconstruction! Mr. Henry, I am in your corner. While deconstructing a traditional dish may have the advantage of allowing those who don’t cook to finally know what they have been eating all their lives, it does nothing for the food. If apple pie became a pile of apple slices sitting in a pool of spiced, thickened apple juice and topped by a disk of crisp pastry, no one would go to war to defend it… whoops. Maybe there is a purpose to deconstruction!

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