Monday, January 3, 2011

Pastry

The nausea that comes along with Christmas and New Years, and especially the days in between, slowly has disappeared. I finally can think about food again without needing to lie down. You'd think we're done for a while now. Let's focus on crackers and tea and forget about chocolate and others sweets. Only, I love to use these days to watch documentaries on Holland Doc, where so many delicious stories are stored away, waiting to be seen.

High on my list of films was Kings of Pastry, made by D.A.Pennebaker, who also made teriific films like Primary and The War Room. (If you haven't seen them: rent them, buy them, download them!). In Kings of Pastry, he follows several pastry chefs that are getting prepared to enter the most important contest in their field: the Meilleurs Ouvriers de France (MOF).

It's a lovely film, with great editing, in which pastry and the love for ones business are shown in many different ways. The makers got a blessing in disguise when a dramatic incident happened, that only helps the story even more. All I can say is blown sugar, handicraft and pressure.

Fot those who can think about food: watch the film! For everyone else: wait several week, and then see it!

Spoileralert!

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