Question of the Day: Listening to music while cooking?
I like to put on some nice background music like thievery corporation...
what do you like to listen to while cooking?
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29 Comments:
I love fun/happy/boisterous music when I'm cooking (and driving...and...). Thankfully, I can blast it loudly and sing along without bothering anyone else!
My choices include everyone from Ben Folds to Rusted Root, Jason Mraz, Counting Crows, upbeat Pat Metheny Group, John Mayer, Gipsy Kings, Astrud, Buddy Guy, Ella...oh, the list is endless. All that matters is that it's music that I like!
Curlz at 9:55AM on 07/15/07
I try to match the background music with the cuisine. Jobim if I'm making Brazilian, Granados if I'm doing Spanish, Bizet if it's French, Johnny Cash if I'm grilling, and so forth.
Tom Steele at 11:13AM on 07/15/07
glad to hear others enjoy mixing the two mediums as much as I do...
Kbear919 at 12:36PM on 07/15/07
My baking playlist is mostly Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Cash & The Rolling Stones. For cooking, it depends if it's a weeknight dinner (when I need to keep my energy level up) or a lazy sunday of chopping and braising.
LizNYC at 1:28PM on 07/15/07
Cooking Cajun?.....Beausoleil. Southern?......Bluegrass.
TexMex?........Western Swing.
1stmakearoux at 2:05PM on 07/15/07
I like a nice mix of classical but my dog prefers country & western .......
NanaJoie at 2:41PM on 07/15/07
I am a country western fan
JEP at 3:21PM on 07/15/07
with Italian food, it HAS to be opera.... preferably Verdi.
Celeste at 4:00PM on 07/15/07
I'd have to say music while cooking is a must. Particularly if it's on the weekend. 60's Bob Dylan or Sam and Dave work great. The blues is always good for Bar-Be-Que. For some reason if I'm drinking while I'm cooking Tom Waits seems to find its way through the speakers.
frieswithdatshake at 4:32PM on 07/15/07
Broadway musicals.
pbisNOTmyname at 5:55PM on 07/15/07
Cuban music, regardless of the cuisine.
emily20008 at 6:03PM on 07/15/07
Actually, having said that, for baking I prefer classical.
emily20008 at 6:03PM on 07/15/07
Either a good 70's am mix on the iPod, or Ottmar Liebert. Then again, I find Ottmar Liebert appropriate for almost anything.
FKC at 2:08AM on 07/16/07
New Order or U2.
K at 6:55AM on 07/16/07
One week ago, I would've had a different answer but now (except for NPR's evening news) it's the blissfully returned CBS-FM!
Barbara Hanson at 9:54AM on 07/16/07
Pretty much whatever I'm listening to in general, though for baking I prefer something classical. Lately that's been lots of Vaughn Williams, a local Celtic music group, Beethoven string quartets, et cetera.
Though I have to say, for washing dishes no one is better than Rufus Wainwright.
Christina at 10:49AM on 07/16/07
just put my whole library on shuffle. the type of music isn't as important to me as having something happening in the background.
goodbyeohio at 12:20PM on 07/16/07
Like others here, I sometimes like the music to go with the cuisine. Some are easier than others. If it's Italian, usually the Big Night soundtrack or opera. Last Saturday night was Thai food so that one had me stumped. In those cases, the Buddha Bar CDs never fail!
Jeana at 3:38PM on 07/16/07
When I was catering, it was wehat ever the chef wanted and we really had no voice in the matter. When I'm cooking, it's what ever I want. If I'm cooking abig meal that's going to take hours, some dep house and euro-techno keeps me moving. If I'm doing tiny delicate work, moody classical is the key. If I'm coming home from a crazy day, some moody bluesy slow down music is good to braise by. If I'm ma,king homey comfort foods, some good country juke joint music keeps me steping around the kitchen.
kitchenbea at 4:20PM on 07/16/07
I almost always have music on in the kitchen, most usually jazz.
ckh189 at 11:07AM on 07/17/07
Johnny Cash, Indigo Girls, Roger Waters, Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan are usually making the rounds on the kitchen stereo.
ceforrester at 2:10PM on 07/17/07
I love this question - what isn't more fun with great music in the background? Since it is summer I've been listening to fun summer music like Lily Allen and the Beach Boys while I cook - or make cold food, rather.
Littlebluesiren at 2:45PM on 07/17/07
I listen to music most of the time...but when I am cooking I love to listen to NPR.
Lauren at 3:37PM on 07/17/07
I tend to listen to whatever is going around in my head at the time. Lately it's been John Cale's record Paris 1919.
caley at 3:59PM on 07/17/07
Paris 1919 is a great cooking or non-cooking record!
antrobin at 5:15PM on 07/17/07
I'm on a "going back to my childhood" kick and since there was no music from my childhood (Vaughn Monroe, the Andrews Sisters...yucko), I listen to an assortment of early rock, or early heavy metal..........but if I am cooking a big ol' pot of gumbo, it has to be something out of my Mark Savoy collection.....jumpin' up and down, choppin' music for sure.
dmzapp at 10:14PM on 07/17/07
When I'm making Sunday brunch, it's Bill Withers for sure. Cocktails for Happy Hour - Earth Wind and Fire, Dinner with the Roomies - Jurassic 5 or Indigo Girls, something we can sing to.
eatnutmeg at 10:25AM on 07/18/07
I usually sing to myself, as I have such a fabulous voice (note: extreme sarcasm here)
The plus is everyone leaves me alone to escape from the horrible noise and I can cook to my hearts content.
But usually I just have to tv on to a current affairs program, so I can cook and abuse politicians at the same time ^^
choc_puddin at 5:59PM on 07/18/07
Now that's a dream -- cooking and NPR!
My music tends to go with my mood, not the food.
flootsmith at 4:17PM on 07/19/07