Posted on 10/13/2014 9:28:08 AM PDT by Baynative
One Saturday afternoon last month, six second graders from P.S. 295 in Brooklyn got a head start on the fine-dining life when they visited the acclaimed French restaurant Daniel. There, five waiters presented them with a seven-course tasting menu (after the trio of canapés and an amuse-bouche, naturellement). The meal was overseen by the star chef and eponym himself, Daniel Boulud, whose goal was, he says, “for the children to really discover a lot of flavor, a lot of layers, a lot of texture.”
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Did it meet the standards set by Michelle O?
I bet the kids wanted pépites de poulet most.
The Asians were probably back in school studying.
We started our youngsters on all sorts of foods when they were little. They still love variety. Our daughter, whom we adopted at 4 is the only picky eater. We fed her daughter lots of fun stuff like fish chowder and shrimp and especially Indian food which we love and she still loves. So probably not too early but maybe too late for these kids to develop a wide ranging palate.
Daniel Boulud ... it doesn’t get any better than that.
“snipes and snarks” at FR... good point. I get tired of reading the majority of comments these days as it’s turned into a who has the best one liner / witty comment competition with little substance and insight like it was in the past.
1. Chicken nuggets
2. Macaroni & cheese
3. French fries
4. Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
5. Microwaved pizza
6. Grilled cheese sandwiches
7. Candy bars (desert)
If you think that it was your wonderful parenting skills that influenced your kids eating habits, think again.
My oldest ate anything and everything. She would eat raw peas as she helped me she’ll them, or raw green beans and carrots. She loved broccoli and cauliflower. She ate seafood and meat of any kind. She literally ate anything that was put before her.
My second child was/is just the opposite. When my oldest was small we thought that we were the best parents, we really had this parenting thing down. When my second was born, we found out that it was the child, not our parenting skills.
Now they know what it’s like to be Moochelle and Obola!...................GOLF LESSONS NEXT!..................
$220!..I can’t even afford a sniff!.....................
Good points.
I totally agree about the taxpayer money. I tend to agree that it’s wasted on kids that young, but I think it’s less a waste of money than a ticket to Disney World. I’m betting that part of the reason was for publicity. I’m guessing the chef got his money’s worth in publicity. Looks like everyone had a good time, so in that regard, money well spent.
We should all be entitled to spend our money as we see fit whether others think it’s wasted or not. That’s the point of having our own money! And the government especially should stay out of how we spend it. (Bring back my 3-way light bulbs.)
However, if Ferran Adrià were to re-open elBulli, Boulard and Keller would both try to get reservations for opening night.
I went to my cookbooks and cooking magazines and pulled a copy of the Chef’s Tasting Menu from Per Se for the day of August 8, 2010, the last time I ate at Per Se (and on Somebody Else’s Money). The menu at Per Se changes daily and is yours to keep. It will take a moment, but I’ll post it below.
What a charming video.
Not on that level, but my parents exposed me to fine dining from an early age, along with great soul food and bbq and seafood restaurants in the south and along the Gulf Coast.
Played a big part in my decision to start working in restaurants at age 15 as a busser. I ended up as Executive Chef around age 30 before leaving the industry to start a family.
I was correcting grammar, not asking a question.
Btw, I’m not suggesting that kids eating a variety of foods is pointless. I think that is a good idea. What I think is a waste is a second grader going to a seven course $220 per plate tasting meal. But, as you say, that is a parent’s choice and is probably a more beneficial experience than yet another amusement park or sitting in front of the TV or video games.
Snicker!
If fat geese were selling for ten cents apiece, I couldn't afford to kiss a humming bird's a$$.
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