Every good food starts with pork (except ice-cream). I actually had the executive instructor chef at culinary school say that to me. He went on to explain that "If a savory dish doesn't start with rendering lardons, and sauteing shallots, it won't have any depth of flavor".
K. Maybe he was trying to make a point. But he's more often right than wrong. ;)
/johnny
“Every good food starts with pork (except ice-cream). “
If you Google “pork ice cream”, I think you will rethink that statement, lol.