"Engineers love parts the way chefs love ingredients," he writes.
Like many British chefs, Mr. Liebrandt loves humble ingredients, which he elevates in unexpected ways.
From "I Love New York: Ingredients and Recipes," by Daniel Humm and Will Guidara (2013): Oven-baked asparagus; Delmonico steak; chocolate egg cream; bread and butter pickles; baked garlic with fresh curd and peas; braised-lettuce salad.
Photography: "I Love New York: Ingredients and Recipes" by Daniel Humm and Will Guidara.
I like to think that I'm the kind of open-minded cook who loves all ingredients equally.
American: "The Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen" by Matt Lee and Ted Lee; "I Love New York: Ingredients and Recipes" by Daniel Humm and Will Guidara; "Mad Hungry Cravings" by Lucinda Scala Quinn.
"I really love these ingredients," she says".I discovered a passion for plant-based -- fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts and seeds".
He would not spend $100 on a pair of pants but would happily plow the same money into food ingredients, loving the challenge of recreating a restaurant dish.
More exciting were aromatic lemon grass patties, essentially pork burgers spiked with shallots and scented with thyme (I love the ingredient line that includes the phrase "reasonably lean pork") and grilled chicken with hot and sweet dipping sauce.
I am always interested to see what my make-up artist uses, but when I cleanse my skin at the start and end of every day, I want to be sure I'm using products that only contain skin-loving ingredients and do not contain anything that could be potentially harmful to my skin".
