asparagus
leek
unripe blueberry
hazelnut
comté
EXPOSED isolates a dish into five individual components, uncooked and unseasoned. The quest is encouraged to experience each component separately, bringing to the literal table no preconceived notion of what they will experience when the component hits their palate. Not everything will be enjoyable, for often the parts of a whole benefit from the support of an ecosystem in order to build a complete, delicious dish. Or a single component will be so enjoyable alone that one might. wonder why it needs support. These are our "staccato" components - punctuation for a moment of unexpectedness.
Take a stack of components and find a seat on a stool. Please consume one component at a time in any order preferred. Please do not mix components. It is not expected that every diner will finish every bit of every component. Return the empty stack to the tray and please proceed to L I V I N G R O O M.
asparagus
leek
brown butter
sea salt
lemon
unripe blueberry
hazelnut
comté
black peppercorn
LIVING ROOM offers the guest a single, complete bite utilizing the same five components from before. This bite hits all the traditionally prescribed requirements of a composed dish that one might find in the contemporary kitchen. Sometimes, cooks design dishes for pure enjoyment, sometimes to be contrarian to the industry, sometimes to challenge the guest. This specific dish was designed first with identifiable comfort in mind, juxtaposed immediately with enigmatic brightness. How do ingredients change when cooked, seasoned, and consumed in tandem? Have our previous notions of their raw forms shifted?
Locate a small, glass cylindrical vessel on a crate. Take a seat on a bucket and remove the covering. Use a small spoon to consume. Place the empty vessel and used spoon into the soapy bucket by the lamp and please proceed to B U I L D.
egg
cane sugar
wheat
bicarbonate
sea sat
milk
olive oil
black currant
raspberry
almond
water
butter
vanilla
BUILD surrenders control to the guest. When given free access to its' separate components, how does an individual choose to build a dish? Perhaps they consider, taste, texture, color. All three, or none. Are they guided by logic or intuition?
Perhaps they are concerned with mess or convenience or portion size or how those around them choose to build.
On the silver trays, build a dish using the components on the table. Please utilize at least some of every component on the table in any order and quantity desired. Be aware that the vessels are communal and do not cross-contaminate components or use personal utensils In the communal vessels. Once finished building, please consume with a long-handle spoon. Place the empty tray and used spoon into the soapy bucket by the cinder block bench.