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"beginner's mind"
Author: André Chiang
André Chiang Taiwan is the youngest in the history of French cuisine restaurant chef, his restaurant was named "the world's top 50 restaurants." At the age of 35, he merged Chinese and Western cooking culture, gathered and summarized his long journey of learning art, and founded the "octagonal philosophy". In the book "Beginner Mind", the author records his own growth in chronological order without hesitating in detail, and generously shares his cooking experience and philosophy during his studies.
can completely regard this book as an inspirational book on how ordinary Taiwanese teenagers can grow into international chefs. It presents the journey of a young man who broke into a square inch of the kitchen by accident, to become a top chef in Taiwan, but then abandons everything to go to France to apprentice. He can’t speak French, he can only cook potatoes in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s top kitchen; he lives in a warehouse and spends all his money on Michelin feasts in order to accumulate his skills. When the opportunity comes, he cries for the first time and is a blockbuster. . However, what fascinates me more is his consistent initial aspiration, his views on food, and the set of seemingly unconventional, but rooted in the ordinary "octagonal philosophy".
From "cooker" to "chef" to "cooking artist", he completely got rid of any restrictions and constraints, only insisted a little, fully understood the ingredients, and found the most suitable way of presentation. The octagonal philosophy is the style and core of his creation, and the origin of all creativity. He does not write recipes or deliberately record any recipes. He uses his cooking intuition to present the essence of food with his philosophy. The octagonal is unique, texture, memory, purity, terroir, salt, southern, and craftsmanship. He does not use recipes or names, but presents eight tastes based on local seasonal ingredients.
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"Naoshima born"
Author: Akimoto male history
Naoshima, a small island population of less than 4,000 people, known as Japan's "modern art of the Holy Land," he was covered with Yayoi Kusama, Tatsuo Miyajima, Tadao Ando, etc. The work of the artist.
"The Birth of Naoshima", the first book to fully record "Art of Naoshima". Describe how this polluted island, once abandoned and forgotten, has become an artistic sanctuary that everyone is looking forward to today. The author of
, Yushi Akimoto, as one of the first promoters of Naoshima, described this process in detail.
Naoshima, although a small island with a population of only 3,000, is full of works by outstanding artists such as Yayoi Kusama, Tatsuo Miyajima, Tadao Ando, and it can be called the "sacred land of modern art." Why is such a place unique in the world, and in what way? The book
is not simply a "historical record." The author Yushi Akimoto, by virtue of his key identity as the promoter of the Naoshima Project, vividly exposes the three major experiences of "regional regeneration × corporate marketing × artistic experimentation" behind the plan-plus him and The wit and courage between the architect Tadao Ando.
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"Tadao Ando resume my life"
Author: [date]
Tadao Ando Tadao Ando is a truly talented people, and he is also a very humble person. As far as this book is concerned, it is because of his modesty that makes his prose very beautiful. In addition to articles, this book also displays many precious photos, allowing readers to learn more about the lesser-known aspects of his life.
"Ando started art like a guy running naked with a knife, straightforward and impactful." This is what friends say about Ando. Most of today's works advocate fun, beauty, leisure, and petty bourgeoisie. Words to describe life. Maybe it’s more about the time. Ando experienced his childhood after the Pacific War and grew up in a place with simple folk customs like Kansai, Japan. His grandmother’s image of determination and courage impressed him a lot. The childhood longhouse shown in the book looks like Although simple but also very warm, from the intermittent introduction in the book, Ando has many turning points in his life. In his early years, he walked on the ring with his brother and became a boxer. This kind of bravery comes from the helplessness of life. On the one hand, it is also the result of his own character has been running in with life. Then I couldn’t study in the university, but for the sake of my childhoodOne of the obsessives, and tried his best to learn architecture by himself.
Ando is very admirable. He admires excellent women without any prejudice. He has experienced many turbulences in the world. He has a lot of emotions about his home country. He also actively devotes himself to the cause of public welfare and environmental protection. He is involved in many issues with neighboring countries. He also holds the correct view and hopes that Japan will make more contributions to education. In his book, he said that Japanese children are too comfortable with the domestic environment and do not have the courage to get out of the island.
