No Four Walls
A 1" free-standing beet-and-goat-cheese cube served with no vessel at all — nothing holds it but itself
"You don't need four walls and cement anymore," she says. "There are so many new ways to bring people together."
Why this bite? You don't need four walls anymore. A bite with no shell, no cup, no vessel — it stands on its own.
The Story
The frontier she is most animated about is temporary infrastructure: a stadium raised in a Toronto parking lot, a pier turned conference hall, a city block turned festival site, none of it required to exist until the crews arrive. This bite makes the same argument on a plate — no cracker, no cup, no tart shell, no walls of any kind. It stands up because it was engineered to, and then it's gone.
Read Full Story →Ingredients
- Roasted beet, pressed
- Whipped goat cheese
- Agar for setting
- Toasted pistachio dust
- Micro basil
Preparation
- 1.Blend roasted beet with a touch of agar; set in a 1" deep tray.
- 2.Cut into free-standing 1" cubes.
- 3.Pipe a small dome of whipped goat cheese on top.
- 4.Dust with pistachio and finish with micro basil; serve with no base.
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