Theory: Food and Music Analogies

Food and Music Analogies

• Cook as composer (when he or she creates a new dish)
• Cook as performer (when he or she interprets a recipe)
• Cook as conductor, playing with diverse tastes and flavors
• Recipe as score
• Eating and listening music are non-verbal experiences
• The pleasure of eating and of listening to the music exists only when it is ate or performed 
• It cannot be repeated
• Both are a shared experiences:
• between cook and diner
• between composer/performer and listener
• Both involve emotions: happiness, fear, anger, sadness, love, etc.