CHEF MARCUS SAMUELSSON’S NEW COOKBOOK REVEALS RECIPES AND PLAYLISTS
Growing up in Ethiopia, music was always part of a meal. Other chefs share the tunes they play in the kitchen.
By Justin Rocket Silverman
Every chef has his or her own recipes — and, it turns out, his or her own playlist.
Most cooks casually fire up the iPod as they fire up the grill. But for some, music in the kitchen is almost as important as gas.
“You can tell a lot about your cooks’ personalities by their music collection,” said Johnny Iuzzini, the former pastry chef at Daniel, Cafe Boulud and Jean-Georges.
Iuzzini’s personal playlist speaks volumes about his tastes and his love life.
“I personally have such an eclectic collection,” he said, “partly due to the combining of music libraries with girlfriends past.”
Sunny Raymond (left) of the Union Square Cafe rocks out to Guns N’ Roses
Union Square Cafe pastry chef Sunny Raymond has been known to rock out while whipping up her signature crème brulée scones, a glorious concoction that the website Eater called “a f—ing awesome dessert.”
“It’s weird, because I didn’t grow up listening to rock. But when I want to get something done I turn it on,” said Raymond. “It’s a driver. The loudness and intensity of it. When the music stops, I stop.”
Raymond credits a Pointer Sisters song from 1985 with helping her invent her radical crème brulée scone.
The name of the song: “Dare Me.”
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