SC - was First Feasts & changing traditions now Vatel

[Elaine Koogler]

Would you believe....I can't seem to find anywhere it is showing in the entire
Metropolitan Washington, DC area?  I have searched and searched, but it just
doesn't seem to be out there, to my great disappointment.

However.  I'm going to be in Boston from Feb 5 - 13, including the weekend.
Does anyone know if it's playing up there anywhere?

"Decker, Terry D." wrote:

> Nah, nah.  It's "Liadnan sez!" when you do it.  If you can do the job, why
> put up with the whining wannabes who haven't had the courage to put it on
> the line and do a feast.  The people who have been there are usually easier
> to work with the the ones who haven't.
>
> When I do a feast, I want creative control because I'm viewing the feast as
> a performance as much as a meal.  I often try to find someone who can
> organize the entertainment to my specifications and let them do the job,
> unless the entertainment is going to be esoteric.
>
> The meal itself is usually created from recipes evoking a particular time
> and place and the presentation of the colors, flavors and textures is
> critical to the gustatory pleasure.  By the time I present a feast, I've
> normally tested the recipes a number of times, have some idea of how
> acceptable they will be to the average feaster, and have a vision of how
> everything is to meld together.  To let someone without knowledge of what I
> am doing dictate to me is foolish, since it is almost guaranteed to fail.
>
> And speaking of feast as performance, I finally got to see the trailers for
> Vatel.  I've got to see this show just to steal ideas.
>
> Bear
>
> > I can see myself now.  "Bear sez!"
> > One of these days, I'm going to make one of your feasts!
> > Liadnan
> >
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