Don Tillman's Standardized Meal System
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1 The Oyster Shucking Incident is described in the opening chapter of The Rosie Result.
1 This is an impression I have formed, but I have not had the time to do a double-blind trial. My sole substandard outcome was with a very light pinot noir, but it is possible there were other factors which I did not observe.
1 Healthier due to the deletion of bacon rather than the change in stock.
1 Rosie measured this in order to support her hypothesis that I made a greater contribution to conversation than others.
1 Since I had one “bad date” with a vegan, I (probably unreasonably) excluded vegans from the Wife Project. This vegan was an extremely nice person who was attempting to live an ethical life, the major challenge for all reasonable people.
2 Other lentil varieties can be used but require careful timing to avoid disintegration into dhal texture.
1 Periodic reminder: approximately.
1 I do not recommend sharing this opinion with your risotto consultant – refer Spring Wednesday.
Collaborators
It is not possible to copyright a recipe (chefs should consider employing university lawyers). Those in this book have diverse origins; if I have seen further, it is only because I was (metaphorically) standing on the shoulders of giants1, whom I have acknowledged where I am aware of them, or because I have different eyes (also metaphorically). I am prepared to make a cocktail for any chef whose recipe I have adapted.
Prior to commencing this project, I asked several associates to record their actual dinners for one week. The results were surprising, even to me, and highlighted the value of the Standardized Meal System. Several respondents volunteered to join my team of recipe testers. I had cooked the meals multiple times, but had not verified that the documentation was usable by others. My testers were incredible, but no blame should accrue to them or to me in the event of meal inedibility, sickness, injury, or death. If in doubt, seek your own professional advice.
Survey respondents and recipe testers were (alphabetically, couples concatenated): Anne Buist and Graeme Simsion, Tania Chandler, Peter Dawson and Karin Whitehead, Robert Eames and Wendy Geraghty, Alaina Gougoulis, Irina Goundortseva,
1 Excellent quote used by Isaac Newton. It is important to acknowledge that our achievements are built on those of others. When his theory of relativity supplanted Newton’s laws, Albert Einstein wrote, “Forgive me, Newton…” I was moved to tears by this information.
Greg Jones, Cathie and David Lange, Lynette Leber and Rod Miller and the carers at the MS Society of Victoria (Williamstown), Duncan Macdougall and Dominique Simsion, Patti Patcha, Rebecca PenistonBird, Michèle and Robert Sachs, Imogen Stubbs, Sue and Chris Waddell, Geri and Pete Walsh, and Janifer and Terry Willis.
This book was written as a result of extreme pressure from Michael Heyward, CEO of Text Publishing, with specific expertise from David Winter (editor), Chong Weng-Ho, Jessica Horrocks, and Imogen Stubbs (design and production).
Obviously, given the vast number of recipe books available, written by chefs far more qualified than me, I needed to rely on experts in book marketing, sales, and publicity to convince buyers of the advantages of the Standardized Meal System. Fortunately, the incredible team of Shalini Kunahlan, Kate Lloyd, Patti Patcha, and Jane Watkins was assigned to the task. Anne Beilby and Khadija Caffoor have ensured that the previous Rosie books have been translated into over forty languages, and I expect them to have similar success with this book.
Now I can return to the search for a cure for cancer.
Shopping and Equipment
GRAEME SIMSION is the internationally bestselling author of The Rosie Project, The Rosie Effect, and The Rosie Result, featuring Professor Don Tillman, as well as The Best of Adam Sharp and—with his wife, Anne Buist—Two Steps Forward. He is based in Melbourne.
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