The Infinite Complexity of the Simple Potato
Joel Robuchon is dead. I never ate in one of his multi-Michelin starred restaurants. But, like any food-minded person, his influence has made itself known. He was perhaps most famous for his Pommes Puree. Mashed potatoes by any other name. These potatoes, made with an ungodly amount of butter, were whipped, fluffed and smoothed then …