Cuisine et Peinture au Musée d’Orsay
By Séverine Quoniam and Yves Pinard
Editions Glénat/Musée d’Orsay
Séverine Quoniam graduated from Law school, University of Assas in Paris and from the famous European art school the “Ecole du Louvre” in Paris.
In 2001, she joined “Esprit de France”, a company specialized in hotel management which owns several hotels in Paris.
During the four years she passed at the Louvre Museum, she became a great friend of Yves Pinard, the Chef cook of the restaurant “Le Grand Louvre” located under the central glass pyramid int he courtyard of the museum.
In 2003, they decided to write a book on their experience (example of mixing art and cooking) at the Louvre Museum. This adventure led to a first real success “Cuisine et Peinture au Louvre” (Cooking and Painting at the Louvre - printed in 2004). They decided to pursue this adventure and wrote a second book titled “Cuisine et Peinture au Musée d’Orsay” (Cooking and Painting at the Orsay Museum) - September 2007.
Using the same “recipe”, 45 paintings are replaced in their historic and artistic context, the Chef, Yves Pinard takes the essence and inspiration to translate the paintings into gastronomic dishes inspired from recipes from the XIXth century adapted to today’s taste.