Intelligent. Design.
Art and Cook is the makers of Art and Cook,
the 2004 bestseller that re-imagined the cookbook as a meditation
on life, culture and artistry rather than a mere manual of recipes.
From the start, Allan Ben has sought to invent and motivate, to sweep
away all notions of time spent in the kitchen as drudgery; nothing
less, in fact, than to explore the Zen of food preparation .Cooking
is an intricate act-art form and craft; a pursuit of the senses and
of the intellect-as delicately balanced as the spices in a fine dish.
When Art and Cook turned its attention to revolutionizing the mechanics
of cooking, it committed itself to creating tools that heighten not
only efficiency, but also the visual and tactile gratification of
the cooking experience.It began with a clean slate. Considered first
the point of contact between cook and instrument, the handle, and
developed O2 Air Grip technology, which gives the Art and Cook collection
greater comfort and control than any other kitchen aids you've
ever used. Next it took a fresh look at construction, and settled
on a combination of materials and finishes- zinc; pearlized titanium;
good old-fashioned air!—that offer elegance, durability and
working heft to spare. Finally, it designed every one of more than
65 tools from the ground up, incorporating labor-saving features and
a sensual grace you won't find hanging on the racks of your
local housewares store.
Art and Cook is a marriage: of function to form, style to quality, innovation
to inspiration.
Come celebrate that marriage with us.
If you're already familiar with the world of Art and Cook from the
pages of our groundbreaking book of that title, you'll know not
to expect our name-tag on anything remotely ordinary. If this is your
first visit, your assumptions about kitchen duty are about to be shaken
(not stirred). Art and Cook is not just a cookbook, and the exquisite
food preparation aids in the Art and Cook range are not just kitchen
utensils. Three years in development, they represent a marriage of style
and technology that takes the humble spatula and whisk out of the dark
ages into state of the art. Breathtaking in form, innovative in its
use of materials, obsessively well-crafted-yet always supremely functional-the
Art and Cook collection makes the tools you've managed with up
to now about as efficient as the horse-and-buggy, about as pleasant
to use as a quill pen.
Welcome to the twenty-first century…