Chef Listens To Unappetizing Music

“It clears my mind and gives me a blank canvas to work from. That helps me create. When it gets too hectic and overwhelming, I just turn on a tune. And I focus.”
 — It’s funny that chef Jesse Schenker listens to ’90s metal band Tool while he’s cooking food at his restaurant, Recette

, since what that music mostly conjures for me is the creepy, nauseating imagery that always accompanied it in the videos. (The other bands he likes, too — Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains. Good or bad, all sort of pukey!)