In Culinary Artistry... Dornenburg & Page provide food & flavor pairings as a kind of steppingstone for the recipe-dependent cook... Their hope is that once you know the scales you will be able to compose a symphony."a Molly O' Neil in The New York Times Magazine. For anyone who believes in the potential for artistry in the realm of food Culinary Artistry is a must-read. This is the first book to examine the creative process of culinary composition as it explores the intersection of food imagination & taste. Through interviews with more than 30 of America's leading chefsa including Rick Bayless Daniel Boulud Gray Kunz Jean-Louis Palladin Jeremiah Tower & Alice Watersa the authors reveal what defines "culinary artists " how & where they find their inspiration & how they translate that vision to the plate. Through recipes & reminiscences chefs discuss how they select & pair ingredients & how flavors are combined into dishes dishes into menus & menus into bodies of work that eventually comprise their cuisines."