Music for Cooking!

Music it’s one of the most effective sources to ease and nurture our soul and emotions. I mean look at it’s origins, sooooooo long has passed and we still refuge on sounds for so many reasons.

Babies grow better when stimulated with sounds, we get to peace when we are stressed out and just plug the dang ipod all volume either to run, sing, cry, or whatever.

Art and music are related in this perfect harmony, the way you look at a painting it’s different if combined with music that help us get to the story of that piece specifically.

Probably you are wondering… sooo? Well, when cooking, it is not so different. Emotions can change a recipe, can change flavors on a every-day plate.

One of the most exiting images that come to my mind are this huge buffets that kings had on court around 1620-1650, I always picture some Beethoven while I can draw on my mind hundreds of rich people eating and drinking some of the most exquisite things, laughing and dancing and getting all their food of the floor, and actually makes me laugh every time.

Today, music can get you places without realizing so in cooking it’s impressive the effect you can get out of that, try it.

Our recommendations on cooking music are:

1. Adele – Rolling the deep (for steak or something flambé)

2. Foster the people – Pumped up kicks (for ceviches or fruit cocktails)

3. Air – High school lover (chocolate desserts or brownie ice-cream cakes)

4. Echo & the Bunnymen – The killing moon (Prosciutto salad with goat cheese & balsamic reduction… or salads in general)

5. Fools rush in – Bow wow wow (family or picnic gourmet sandwiches “it has to include putting inside a picnic basket” something)

6. Opus 36 – Dustin O’Halloran (decorating cookies or cakes it’s gooood for concentration)

7. Sidedish friend – Rachel Yamagata (caramelized tomatoes on parmesan crispy toast or pasta)

8. Lamb Curry - Give it to me hot! (When you try to emulate one of Jamie Oliver recipes)

9. The Tudors – Theme song (Shrimp or spinach and goat cheese quiche)

10. Soul Power (cleaning the dishes while dancing around the last glass of wine)