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WITH BROOKE PARKHURST
THE ONLY INGREDIENT-P·AIR, ING GUIDE YOU'LL EVER, NEED
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- Frank Stitt, aµth.or of Frank Stitt's Southern Table .and Bo,ttega 'Favorita
As., a two,-time winne,r of B.h,opped a.nd an in•stru.c;;tor a,t ·c.oo~s '.a:-nq p-rqfes,sio..na1$:: alike, The Ffav_qr Ma.::trix is :a r.ev-
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o.n:e. o,f the,,wor!~'s top c.ulin.ary .s~ho.ols, Ja.r.nes:. Briscion~ elaJi.qn: a'new vtay tg·thin.k ab.outtombi.ning ingrepie•nts,
th,0.ugh't h;e· kn·ew everything th:ere.wa.$ to ·kno,w ap.out -a.nd a,n ins.p,iring, ea,.sy-to-us,e tog l fcir'p,ushi'ng the .boun,d-
mixing an:d m:a,tc.htng ingreqients·. But aft.er c;ollabpra:ting, ar-re,s of creativity in the, kittheo.
with IBM's W.atspn super.cpmput_er to m:a.ke d.elici•o:us,
i•nventive. dishes using big dat;3., he. reaJized tha,t he-like,
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In The ,Flavor Ma.trix, Bris<:,ione reduGes roughly 15.0 ,Qf
the,mo~t cQmmon ingGe,dients to· thei•r es:s.e.nti.al G.he_
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fogcap,hics- "flavor mpJrixes·"- that r.eve.al the surpri.s.ing. Celebrify - chef and. instruc,tor JAM ES BR I SCION E
~omp,atil:5ilitie~. beJwee,n various foo.os, --a,nd which svg- is the directo.r o.f euli.nary r.esearch at the tnstittite· of·
.ges.t delicio,us new pa:iri'ngs beyond o,ur w,ildesJ_imagin- t ::.ulinary Eaueation, lead chef on IBM's Chef Wafs.on pref-
ings. An9 he pres.~nts mind-blo-..yin.g recipes u.s,ing the, ect, and the. first-ever two-time,Chopped champion. His
data in eac.h matrix,, from c'01'ldiments like-(3arlic-Honey, t.o spou.se an.d er.eatjve p.artner, BROOKE PARKHURST,
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