Behind the Line: Jennifer Plank
Topic: Inspirations
Culinary Inspirations
When it comes to crafting dishes, what inspires you most? Do you have a culinary muse?
- Jennifer Plank
- Toast
- Cleveland, Ohio
Actually the thing that inspires me most.. and usually produces the best meals is going out for beers with my colleagues. Talking food, spitballing ideas, and trying to figure out how to do the impossible. My kitchen family brings out the best in my creative mind.
Answers from other users
- Greg Biggers
- Executive Chef
- Café des Architectes
- Chicago, IL
The product. I love just looking through the cooler for inspiration. Or going to the market to see what's available. Beautiful ingredients are a chefs best inspiration. From the colors to the textu...
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- Gerard Craft
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Niche Restaurant and BRASSERIE by niche
- St. Louis, MO
I like to look at seasonal vegetable charts.. thinking about ingredients can trigger old food memories, which help me create new dishes.
- John Shields
- Executive Chef
- Chilhowie, VA
Long drives.
- Howard Hanna
- Chef/Partner
- The Rieger Hotel Grill & Exchange and Manifesto
- Kansas City, MO
My city, Kansas City, our region and our people.
We’re in the center of the country, bridging the difference between the coasts. We have access to farmland, rivers, lakes, forests and prairie...
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- Matt Danko
- Pastry Chef
- The Greenhouse Tavern and Noodlecat
- Cleveland, OH
My peers and my personal history come into play quite a bit when crafting dishes.