La Galinette

The Flavours Of The Garden

To imagine the flavours that are often forgotten in a world of plastic and chemistry, of size and yield, even though the fruit or vegetable only reveals its “outrageous beauty” in its imperfection, irregularity and uniqueness.
So the Chef chooses the seeds, the seeds, whether they are local or from the ends of the earth.
He plants them in the generous soil of the Riberal.
He patiently waits for the shoots to appear, that tender green rich with promise… He feeds them, waters them, acclimatises them, pampers them.
The plants now rise to man’s height, laden with red, fleshy and generous fruit, the rows of buried vegetables stretch as far as the eye can see. Finally, the harvest. The tasting: the crunch, the juiciness, the flavour.
From the beginning, the idea of the dish, of the “recipe”, a unique creation, a combination of a vegetable, a fruit, a fish, a meat, predominates. The gourmet discovers the truth of the product, its sincerity, that authenticity that only a craftsman of taste, a lover of flavour, a lover of nature can transmit in a cuisine rich in simplicity, subtle in its agreements, oriental in its purity and balance.

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