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post #1 of 64
9/24/09 at 5:24pm
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When I want to whip up a great dish , I love to play Westlife, anyone walking in on me and my boys will definetly see us dancing to Mack the Knife. I sing with a wooden spoon...its crazy, I know every Dean Martin song there is , Frank Sinatra , Louis Prima , Brenda Lee , Doris Day.....

When playing the mad scientist in the kitchen, its Kashmir by Zeppelin.

What are your 2 best cd's when cooking in the kitchen......


Petals
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post #2 of 64
9/25/09 at 1:20pm
I have the radio going permanently, BBC radio 1. Local radio after 7pm But when I'm in the groove, so is the music.
Van the man, Dire straits, Queen and Fleetwood mac are the usuals.

Just as a BTW... Whenever i have a lot of ironing to deal with. The music is, and always has been Black Sabbath. Full blast. Even when I'm doing it outside on a sunny day with an extention cable. I'm sure my neighbours are humming along to Paranoid whether they want to or not...It always gets replayed a couple of times first off.
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post #3 of 64
9/25/09 at 3:10pm
i am iron man . . .
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post #4 of 64
9/25/09 at 3:54pm

My Favourite retrospective track... Usually doing nothing but lounging with a beer
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post #5 of 64
9/25/09 at 4:04pm
I love Dean Martin. I would give anything to have grown up in that era (I'm 26). He is the epitamy of a close to perfect man ;)
Oasis
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post #6 of 64
9/26/09 at 6:40am
James Brown or ZZ Top gets my mojo on the gogo :D
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post #7 of 64
9/26/09 at 7:09am
STYX (Official band of ChefTalk), Dave Matthews, Audioslave, Bob Marley, Rush.
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post #8 of 64
10/2/09 at 1:25pm
B-Bop Era Jazz, some soulful Reggae or old school Dub depending on what I'm cooking. I'm a bit of an audiophile but if I had to narrow it down to just 2 cds, I'd say Thelonious Monk's Underground or Johnny Osbourne's Truth and Rights.
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post #9 of 64
10/2/09 at 7:41pm
Depends on my mood but, if I have to narrow it down to 2, I'm going with AC/DC's Highway to **** and Parliament's 20'th Century Master's Collection.
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post #10 of 64
10/2/09 at 8:08pm
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Very interesting...................

Now I may sound boring, but tonight I went to Chapters (Book Store) and bought a Cookbook (Jacques Pepin's Complete Techniques) and while I was in line to pay there was a rack of new music out.....I bought Barbra Streisand's Love is the answer...
I listened to it on the way home and its fantastic ! If you want to listen to some beautiful enchanting music, this is it. She sings a few of my favs like , If you Go Away (ne me quitte pas) , In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning , Make Someone Happy , Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Gentle Rain....oh its just too good.

Tonight I was in the mood to pamper myself, if any of you men want to buy the woman in your life a wonderful perfume, its Coco by Chanel, trust me.
I am now sipping a glass of 20 year Port, listening to Barbara and looking over at the cover of Jacques Pepin and sharing my big evening with you all. Oh yes, it was girls night out and I had Greek food tonight. It was ok food, but when you cannot taste the love , well what can I say ? It was just ok. You see I rank everything I eat on how it tastes, how it smells, how it looks, and if it makes me feel good. I also ask myself a question, can you taste the love ? I can go to a swanky restaurant with 8 courses and feel nothing, but there are other times when I go to a mom and pop joint and my head is trying to digest not just the flavors but the love that went into preparing the food. Do any of you feel like that ?
Well, enough of boring you all to death.

Petals

ps. Thanks for listening
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post #11 of 64
10/3/09 at 2:51am
I've always been a Chanel No 5 gal myself. But I totally agree with you, Petals...when it's time for pampering NOTHING beats Chanel.
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post #12 of 64
10/3/09 at 6:10am

my 2

Sound track to "Last of the Mohecans" which is a awesome movie. And anything Pink Floyd.
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post #13 of 64
10/3/09 at 11:22am
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ahhhhh a kindered spirit.


Petals
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post #14 of 64
10/3/09 at 3:29pm
Classical music only.
And I much prefer Guerlain perfumes to Coco Chanel's!:D
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post #15 of 64
10/3/09 at 8:48pm
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Rascal !
I attend the opera 3 times a year. Puccini and Liszt are my all time favorites (The classics will always be ) and the latest perfume by Guerlain is called " Idylle" , which I tried on last night as well at a store called Sephora.
I must say , its my next purchase there.

I had to buy Coco Chanel because it was... simply calling me.


Petals
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post #16 of 64
10/3/09 at 9:07pm
I wear deodorant. Not graduated to perfume yet.
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post #17 of 64
10/4/09 at 3:35am
Man--I think we've found a few kindred spirits here.

Before returning to the kitchen world I was an opera singer for a few years.

Music in the kitchen? Wow--I have some of everything. I too like Dean Martin. And Frank Sinatra....and Nat King Cole. OHHHHH and Michael Buble.

At the shop I listen to Sirius Satellite radio. Sometimes it's Seriously Sinatra--usually only a few hours in the afternoon. Most of the day it's a Top 40 station or the 80s.

At home it's anything from Michael Jackson to the Black Eyed Peas to classical to some music from some concerts my Mom and I went to this summer to Def Leppard to Harry Connick Jr to the Bee Gees to the Backstreet Boys to ZZTop.

Have never tried any Guerlain fragrances...do you have a favourite, Ishbel? I switched to Bulgari Notte for a bit....liked that. I'm due to buy a new perfume and was going to go back to my tried and true Chanel No 5...but a change might be nice.
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post #18 of 64
10/4/09 at 8:45am
My favourite is Chamade - my husband bought be a bottle when it was first introduce, lo, these many years ago now! I also love Mitsouko, which I think was introduced in the 1920s.
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post #19 of 64
10/4/09 at 9:25am
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Is chamade a fruity , fresh , spicy or flower scented perfume ? Do you have any other favorites ?

After trying there new one, I am really liking there perfumes. Bvlgari is another I enjoy.


Linda Ronstadt & The Nelson Riddle Orchestra

Just love it too.


Petals
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post #20 of 64
10/4/09 at 11:05am
Whoa, this is interesting. If I'm cooking Indian, I'm playing The Family Three (tablas), ragas or Ravi Shankar. When my guests arrive, the air is scented like a home in Mumbai, and the music puts you right there.

Mexican? It's Sin Bandera, Jose Luis Perales, Enrique Iglesias, Juanes or Mana.

French? Charles Aznavour, Natasha St. Pier or Thomas Fersen; maybe even some Piaff, and I might add Natasha Atlas and Amina. If it's a Classical French cuisine night, definitely classical music - from Albinoni to Vivaldi.

Russian or Ukrainian, with a Ukrainian friend in the kitchen with me, we are likely to play Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije Suite or gypsy or cossack music.

Middle Eastern cooking brings out Hayedey, plus Amina and Natasha Atlas. I used to have more Middle Eastern music, but can't find it since I moved. The Best of Greece favors Moussaka, dolmathes (dolmeh), or Stefado.

St. Patrick's Day finds chez moi roaring with The Clanad, The Chieftans and The Star Spangled Molly.

I find most American food monotonous, and I don't have any special music. I tend to play what my guests might like to hear during a barbecue or whatever.

Okay, guys, now you've brought up Guerlain. Have they stopped making my favorite soap, Fleurs des Alps??? I have one bar left from a box that I bought at Harrod's in 1985. Couldn't find it in Paris two years ago. Maybe I wasn't in the right stores.
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post #21 of 64
10/5/09 at 3:29am
Chamade is a flower based, with hyacinth and rose topnotes - I think it also has jasmine and iris, with vetiver and musk. Whilst it used to be my signature perfume, I find it a little heavy for daytime, nowadays.

Shalimar and Jicky are also great favourites. But then, I've only meet about 3 which I haven't liked!

Regarding the fleur des alpes - I don't recall seeing the soap for many, many years. Perhaps looking at the Guerlain site they might list old and discontinued - or even give you the information that it's still available!

Coco - I use the following perfumes for everyday use
'Y' by Yves Saint Laurent - a very 'wood violet-y' smell
'Paris' by YSL -
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post #22 of 64
10/5/09 at 6:45am
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Deidre,

Isn't it so true that playing a particular piece of music when eating puts one right in the mood ?

Enjoyed your musical repetoire. When I saw Charles Aznavour, it brought back fond memories. Do you remember the song "SHE " ?
YouTube - Charles Aznavour - She

As for your soap, I have heard of it but have not seen it .

What song or album in particular is your fav to cook to to ?

Ishbel,

Can you tell me where Chamade is being sold at ?

I have a Paris By YSL but not "Y". Shalimar has spicy notes right ?

You have a nice array of scents. I believe that perfumes tell a little something about an individual.
Thank you for sharing

Petals

Petals
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post #23 of 64
10/5/09 at 8:13am
I buy all my perfumes at almost any department store or pharmacy (ours have large perfumery departments) here in the UK - or, better still - pick it up (cheaper) before an international flight - or in Paris (we visit at least once or twice a year):D
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post #24 of 64
10/5/09 at 2:43pm
When I'm just cooking in general, I usually listen to classical music, mostly Baroque. When I'm decorating a cake, it is another matter. I usually listen to Stevie Ray Vaughan at full blast, or perhaps Nickelback, again, full blast. My family knows not to bother me in the kitchen when I'm decorating a cake. The loud music ensures that they don't even stop in the kitchen on their way through.

As far as perfumes, I love Floris scents, my favorite being Fleur. I also like Miss Me by Stella Cadente.
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post #25 of 64
10/5/09 at 2:55pm
Classical music or some jazz for me
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post #26 of 64
10/5/09 at 3:48pm
no-one in the house tonight but me. Reading Dan Browns Lost Symbol with Mud slide slim and the blue horizon in the background - James Taylor.

I'm not a girlie girl, Although my best friend tells me i'm the most truly feminine woman she knows. Not sure what that means really. Anyhow, I was bought up with 4 brothers and my dad and no female influence.

I've never bought myself perfume I've given them all a sample skoosh in department stores. (Usually coming out stinking of a mix of ten or more) but never paid the silly money they ask for the ones i liked...Then i met my husband... He knew instinctively what i'd like, cos i told him one night i was wearing musk oil in my hair from bodyshop when he said i smelt gorgeous. So he bought me Opium and I absolutely loved it. 18 years later i still wear it.

We both went on a scent trail in a store in Dubai last year to find something different, but exhausted the poor sales girl and left with a bottle of Opium. She even agreed there wasnt anything different, with the same qualities. Never met another one that did it for either of us.



...Unless you know different...
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post #27 of 64
10/5/09 at 4:51pm

Lol

I love it!!

I worked with this lady named sandra. She would always pull off a sprig of rosemary and rub it on her wrist's and neck!

On the music side this last St. Pats day we had a group of irish cops come through the place playing bag pipes. The owner is Irish. It was fun to cook to!:bounce:
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post #28 of 64
10/5/09 at 5:52pm
Thanks, Ishbel. I'll try that.
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post #29 of 64
10/5/09 at 6:25pm
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Mull of Kintyre.....great with bag pipes, makes my mom cry everytime !!!! The Irish side in us I think.....

Bughut, I know why you love Opium by YST....check what its made of (all about food ;) ) Below.....

Now that I know what fragrance you like how about these which have some of the same notes in your opium:

Les Belles Spicy Delight Perfume , Ninna Ricci
Tyef by Ajmal, Dubai
Wisal Oriental by Ajmal
Shanghai perfume by Shanghai
Mariah Carey
Cinnabar
Extravagance (Givenchy) (love this one)


Wikipedia:
"Opium is an Oriental-spicy[1] perfume created for fashion brand Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) by perfumer Jean Amic and Jean-Louis Sieuzac of Roure, first marketed in 1977.[2] Its top notes are a mixture of fruit and spices, with mandarin orange,[3] plum, clove, coriander and pepper,[2] as well as bay leaf.[4] Its floral middle notes consist predominantly jasmine, rose and Lily of the Valley,[2] in addition to carnation, cinnamon, peach and orris root.[4] It is underlined by the sweet woody base note containing sandalwood, cedarwood, myrrh, opopanax, labdanum, benzoin and castoreum,[2] in addition to amber, incense, musk, patchouli, tolu and vetiver.[4]" ....

My all time favorite song
YouTube - Etta James - At Last Etta James - At last

Petals
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post #30 of 64
10/5/09 at 6:41pm
Thank you for the link, petals - Yes, I now remember "She"; beautiful lyrics that any gal would love to have been the one the lyricist wrote them for. Love "La Boheme", "Je t'aime comme ca" and many others since the, oops, 60s. Forgot some of Eartha Kitts albums I enjoy playing where she sings French. A lot of people think of her as a gimmick singer, but she had a fabulous range, and knew exactly how to use her voice to its fullest.

Gosh, favorite album? It depends a lot on my mood. For the past year I've been back into Bach. Back into Bach? Is that an album title? Which Bach, you ask. Well, I like all the Bachs CPE, Offen...(heh-heh), but dear old Johnny S is still tops on my list. The Goldberg Variations and the Anna Magdalena Notebook are most currently being listened to, and a Brandenburg Concerto or two.

Hey, it's not surprising for me to play Sting, either. Some days it might be Torme, Brubeck, or Miles. I have a thing for trumpets. I like trumpets playing Mozart, Von Weber, Albinoni - you name it. Love the theme Ennio Marricone wrote for "The Legend of 1900"; the trumpet is a killer; the soprano sax ain't half bad, either.

I do not know of the scent you asked about. I've been stuck on Giorgio for many years. You might take Ishbel's advice and check out the Internet.

Geez, it seems we all dance in the kitchen.

Deirdre
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