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mamachef
Jan 25, 2011 11:29 AM
Let's see: Etta James. I could listen to her sing, "Gotta Serve Somebody" all the livelong day. The Kinks. The Tubes. The Sex Pistols. Green Day. Simon and Garfunkel. Beatles, the Stones, Byrds; and Gram Parsons. And on an "inspiration needed" day, I'll rock it with The Committments.
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For general cooking, when I'm bringing together a meal I've made before or experimenting by myself, it is primarily Phish for upbeat stuff I can concentrate through. When that isn't doing the trick, I'll put on a classic rock mix.
If I'm doing something slow that requires a lot of attention (especially plating) I like jazz, particularly with female lead singers (think Rachael Price, Diana Krall, Stacey Kent, Billie Holiday).When using mixes, I find the remote itunes app for my iphone very useful - it lets me skip around my library without leaving the kitchen.
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Beach Chick
Jan 23, 2011 08:48 AM
Having my drumset in my great room/kitchen, I crank up the surround sound stereo and I'll listen to everything from Nirvana to Mozart, cranked really really loud and then while things are on the stove, I jump on my set and play a few sets.
Steely Dan would be the most played along with some Tears for Fears, Bad Company and Firefall..›1 Reply -
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mucho gordo
Jan 13, 2011 08:09 AM
Mrs. G barking out orders and instructions: Watch what you're doing! Don't burn it! That's gonna fall! Not done enough/overcooked, etc.
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HillJ
Jan 13, 2011 04:51 AM
This morning it was all Motown! Motown mix care of a YouTuber who knows how to shuffle!
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buttertart
Jan 7, 2011 09:46 AM
For all-day "big cooks" (all-day dinner party prep), Stones, early stuff through Exile (especially Exile), Clash, Decemberists in the morning, maybe Dylan or bebop later in the day.
For noodling around baking, a Zombies, Cream, Hendrix, or Airplane station on Pandora on my BlackBerry, for that tinny transistor in the kitchen I had growing up nostalgia urge satisfaction. Only problem is having to grab it to skip over the inevitable Creedence/John Fogerty songs Pandora foists on one. -
Chinon00
Jan 7, 2011 02:55 AM
We just "updated" the kitchen into a quasi-retro 50s theme (e.g. b&w checkered flooring w/ round chrome bar set, pink walls). So I tend (for the moment anyway) to be playing a lot of Anita O'Day and June Christy singing "Tea For Two", "Midnight Sun", "Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered" and stuff.
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hyacinthgirl
Jan 6, 2011 11:51 AM
My mother did most of the cooking for our family growing up, but hers was mostly the rushed home from work, quickly throw things together that everyone will eat, heat things up before someone wanders off style of cooking. I appreciated it greatly, but I wouldn't say I aspired to it.
On weekends though, that's when my father would take over. He'd make some sort of big breakfast, or spend all day perfecting his secret recipe chicken soup, or fill the house with the smell of stuffed cabbage. Where my mother cooked for neccesity, my father cooked as a pastime, something to do for the pure joy of it. And as he'd bang around the kitchen, he would undoubtedly be doing some sort of jerk-motion dance and singing horribly off-key and out of tune. It was usually, "he-e-e-ey good lookin! Whaaaaaaacha got cookin? How 'bout cookin' something up with me!" Hank Williams.
And that has to explain that the only time in my life I feel compelled to listen to old 1950's era country is when I'm cooking. -
Avenue Q! Nice to meet another cooking and musical theater nerd!
Here's something even nerdier though: I download the Meet the Press podcast on Sundays and listen to that morning's show while I'm cooking. Having only audio is fine. I don't feel that I need a visual of the Senate leadership while I'm trying to make a nice looking roast chicken.
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cowboyardee
Jan 6, 2011 10:22 AM
Nothing picks the energy up in the kitchen like classic hip hop.
"Engine engine number 9, on the New York transit line, if my train goes off the track, pick it up! Pick it up! Pick it up!" - I'm jumpin up and down by the time the verse comes back around.
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cowboyardee
Jan 1, 2011 06:13 AM
For cooking, I like fairly up-tempo, not too complicated (some of my favorite music is too distracting to cook to).
I often just put on Pandora. I've found that listening to the Violent Femmes station plays just about a perfect mix for cooking - the Cure, the Clash, the Pixies, the Smiths, White Stripes, early Weezer, the Ramones, the Talking Heads, David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Beck, Jane's Addiction, Pavement, of course the Femmes. Great stuff, though I'm not sure what some of it has to do with the Violent Femmes.
If I've got A LOT of cooking to do and not enough time to do it though, I need to keep my energy up - that means hip hop - Dead Prez, Aesop Rock, Jurassic 5, Mos Def, Snoop Dog, maybe some Outkast.
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deet13
Dec 31, 2010 06:34 PM
If I'm working on a long and involved recipe/menu, I hook my ipod up to the amp, and listen to my Fear, Mayhem, and Dimmu Borgir compilation while I'm cooking.
Otherwise, it's whatever radio station I can get off of my PC...
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goodhealthgourmet
Dec 31, 2010 05:57 PM
this topic has come up at several times in the past few years. might be interesting to see if/how the responses differ:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/637765
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/591146
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/462848
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What do I listen to when I cook? Honestly, I listen to my daughter ask "Shouldn't you put rosewater in that?" or "Don't add too much salt. I really hate salty food" and my son complain, "Can I just have a bagel instead?" and my husband say "Wow, that smells really good. When's dinner?" or "Red or white?"
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cannibal
Dec 31, 2010 02:56 PM
I'll listen to moto gp or f1 commentary if there is a race on. Otherwise it's pandora or slacker radio. Sometimes non-vocal ambient music, sometimes metal or alternative, sometimes a podcast if my wife isnt home. I like a lot of classical and classical guitar too, just depends what i am in the mood for =)
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I could never put on headphones and listen to my IPOD. I have tried, but I get all discombobulated and I find I need to hear stovetop cues. If I have a long project I like Ella or Sinatra. Pasta making I like a bit of opera or some classical piano (pref a little Back or Beethoven). When I am doing croissants I love this CD "Phantasmagoria". I can get into a trance and get the croissants done and sneak in other things in between and barely know I am working until my back screams out in a panic.
My fallback is my local talk station. That is my daily listen. That or the public radio from Canada. They play a fun selection of quirky jazz - but it is in French, so if I need to have company that is out.
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chefMolnar
Dec 31, 2010 08:26 AM
The Who, the Kinks, Green Day--anything energetic and intelligent. Helps me slice vegetables. If I am making something Mediterranean I might listen to Israeli rock, Greek Rebetika, etc.
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Unfortunately, lack of plugs in my kitchen means I listen to nothing but the sizzle of cooking food or my own horrible singing voice. Every time I know I'll be spending over an hour in the kitchen, I really wish I could turn on some sort of music or at least hear my TV from my living room (too far away).
At least it helps me focus more on the cooking. That's one place where less distraction is good for me!
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viperlush
Dec 31, 2010 06:28 AM
If I I want to block out neighbor noise with music it's 50 cent or Eminem. If it's to keep myself awake and energized it's the Black Keys. But if I just want the company of sound it's Alicia Keys, Etta James, or Ella Fitzgerald.
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