Anne Burrell, just putting down a piece of that dough right on the grill. It's very thin, and I bet it's got a sexy name.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Observing a cooking technique with playful speculation about naming conventions.
- In plain terms
- This thin dough looks interesting and probably has a cool name.
- What can you take from it?
- Simple ingredients can have fancy titles.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Do names change how we taste food?
- What makes food sexy?
Another view
It focuses on the name rather than the taste or technique.
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