Music to cook by

by Deidre Woollard, Posted Sep 1st 2005 @ 10:06AM

In Gourmet's music issue there was an article by the inimitable Anthony Bourdain on music in restaurant kitchens. Bourdain gives his own rules for kitchen music (no Grateful Dead, no Billy Joel) as well as surveying other chefs on their favorites. The consensus seems to be toward uptempo music whether it be the Rolling Stones and Black Crowes for Daniel Boulud or dance music for Laurent Manrique and Eric Ripert. This makes sense to get a crew of chefs fired up to get to work but what about the home chef? I've been listening to Morphine, Elliot Smith and Jack Johnson lately when cooking but for cleaning up, I've listened to the same group for years. Something about the Violent Femmes goes perfectly with scrubbing dishes, wiping down the stove and getting out of there fast. What's on your playlist for kitchen duty?

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9-01-2005 @10:59AM Trachalio said... Ok, so maybe it's a easy shot, but what about the ambient cookbook? (http://music.hyperreal.org/labels/fax/cookbook/)

Sure it's mellow, but it does come with recipies!
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9-01-2005 @12:56PM Hawk said... I prefer instrumental stuff for cooking, since I don't have to pay attention to the words. Joe Satriani, Keiko Matsui, Trans Am (not instrumental but not really pop-song lyrical either), on and on.
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9-01-2005 @2:49PM sarah said... john digweed, global underground 19, los angeles

food is sexy. cooking is sexy. perfect soundtrack for the kitchen. :)
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9-01-2005 @3:36PM sarah said... john digweed, global underground 19, los angeles

food is sexy. cooking is sexy. perfect soundtrack for the kitchen. :)
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9-01-2005 @5:11PM sarah said... john digweed, global underground 19, los angeles

food is sexy. cooking is sexy. perfect soundtrack for the kitchen. :)
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9-01-2005 @6:54PM KittyBean said... I find soundtracks good in the kitchen. The music is telling a story as I work through a meal I'm writing a different story. About 5 years ago I had on the soundtrack to The Color Purple during Thanksgiving prep. Family members who returned the next year actually remembered it and requested we play it again. I just added Sky High, but Oklahoma is a regular along with Guys & Dolls.
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9-02-2005 @12:55PM Dan said... When I was running a summer camp kitchen I played a lot of Oldies. The kids working with me didn't argue over them too much and we had a pretty upbeat play list.

At the end of the day I'd always play Closing Time, its a great song to unwind.
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