Enrichment

en·rich
–verb (used with object)


1. to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.: Commerce enriches a nation.


2. to supply with abundance of anything desirable: to enrich the mind with knowledge.


3. to add greater value or significance to: Art enriches life.


4. to adorn or decorate: a picture frame enriched with gold.


5. to make finer in quality, as by supplying desirable elements or ingredients: to enrich soil.


    Moving past the definition of a word, one must look at the meaning.  The meaning of, enrichment, in food is a multi-faceted embiotic journey through life.  When a guest seeks food in a restaurant, they are coming with the need to be enriched, whether it be aesthetic, etheral, or just hunger, they should leave feeling enriched by the experience.  When a chef cooks food in a restaurant, it is an enrichment of natural bounty from the Earth. Food is an infinite subject, with no wrong answer, just taste preferences.
    It is my chosen profession, to provide gastronomic enrichment to the guests that I am lucky enough to cook for and serve.  Each new place, each new meal, provides an education.  It is my goal to feed each person I meet, because the language of food is universal and a smile can be translated easily in any language.

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    The ability to progress through unchanging values has seen the renaissance of New Orleans, or at least of what I can see since having been home.  An undercurrent of social betterment and cultural pleasure floats through the air of the French Quarter everyday now it seems, except when its cold.  A palm tree has the ability to sustain winds and never get blown over.  Its key to success is the root system.  Below the surface of the beautiful tree, is a root system.  A root system that keeps the tree anchored for its survival, if the tree where to become removed from its roots, it would die from lack of nourishment.  So while the trunk may sway with the wind, it will not die unless it leaves its roots.
    My gastronomic passion and ambition are well rooted.  New Orleans to New York has taught me, at the end of the day, regardless of where you are from and what you do...do it well and take pride in your actions and people will respond.  The response is not positive all the time, but when you put it out there, one must accept the opinions of others, even when they are wrong, and move on.  Funny Story.  The other day, it was my mistake of buying self-rising flour which led to the chicken dumplings on the menu.  The pierogies were shot, the gnocchi was a disaster, but the dumplings were amazing!  Mistakes lead to discoveries.

Cook well, Eat well, Speak well, and the rest will fall into place.
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