Interviews with...
Tyler Florence
 Eat This Book
Tyler Florence
TV personality and good time guy has pulled his latest book together
from his culinary travels. Lots of international scope to the flavours
with very manageable recipes. Hardcover, 287 pp, $45.00.
CB: The first album/CD/eight track you bought?
TF: Synchronicity by The Police.
CB: What was your first car?
TF: 66 Comet Capri.
CB: Your favourite junk food?
TF: Honey Nut Cheerios.
CB: What kitchen gadget or piece of equipment can’t
you live without?
TF: A good collection of cookbooks!
CB: Your favourite ingredient, or food?
TF: Spicy, salty, sour, sweet.
CB: Most over-rated ingredient, or food?
TF: Truffle oil.
CB: What was the first cookbook you used?
TF: Norma Van Aiken, David Burke, Charlie Palmer, Jean
Georges, Dean Fearing.
CB: Your favourite authors, doesn’t have to be cookbook authors?
TF: David Sedaris who wrote Naked, amongst others.
CB: Your favourite city?
TF: Manhattan, NYC.
CB: What is your greatest extravagance/indulgence?
TF: My IWC Pilot Watch.
CB: Your favourite movie?
TF: The English Patient.
CB: What was your first job?
TF: I ran a non-profit restaurant out of my dad’s kitchen!
CB: What kind
of music do you like?
TF: Everything, including hip hop.
CB: Your favourite sports team?
TF: NY Yankees.
CB: Your pet peeve when dining out?
TF: Multi-course 4 hour dinners.
CB: Your favourite drink?
TF: Washington State Pinot Noir.
CB: If you could change one thing in the
food & wine industry what would it be?
TF: Taking “drive-through window” out of American vocabulary. CB: Who
has been the biggest influence on your career?
TF: Too many to mention.
CB: What four people, alive or dead, would you
invite to dinner? (assuming you would invite your significant
other to have six
around the
dinner table!)
TF: JFK, Escoffier, someone from the year 2050, Chewbacca
(Star
Wars), Paris Hilton
(with only an apron and she would be doing the cooking!).
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