About the Recipe
The famous French chef Alain Ducasse says 85% of cooking is shopping. It may be even more than that. It might be 90%. But that’s not, of course, going to the supermarket- it’s going to the farmers market or out in your backyard, finding what’s ripe and beautiful and alive and in season. This is my favorite recipe.
Ingredients
Figs
Mint
Water
Preparation
ALICE WATERS’ FAVORITE RECIPE (By permission of Alice Waters from her book ‘Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook’)
The famous French chef Alain Ducasse says 85% of cooking is shopping. It may be even more than that. It might be 90%. But that’s not, of course, going to the supermarket- it’s going to the farmers market or out in your backyard, finding what’s ripe and beautiful and alive and in season. This is my favorite recipe.
Go get some perfectly ripe figs in August, put them on a plate, and eat them. No, my favorite recipe is: Go cut some mint from the garden, boil water, and pour it over the mint. Wait. And then drink.’ That’s my favorite recipe.