Kitchen apps: The Recipe Project

Recipes set to music. Warning: some accordion…

What is it? Spin-off from a book of the same name which takes recipes from top American chefs and set them to music. That's right, recipes set to music, by a band called One Ring Zero, who have form for this kind of thing. Previous projects include utilising lyrics from novelists as well as songs that illustrate the solar system. Obviously the book is accompanied by a free CD which supplies the tunes, which all seems a bit last century. None of that's involved with an app that's free for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.

Isn't it a bit irritating? As a satire on the whole 'chefs are the new rock'n'roll' meme, it almost has legs. Enjoyment also depends on your tolerance of accordion.

What about the food? There's a decent recipe search and some good chefs involved. Plus there's a pithy interview with the most music-obsessed chef of all, David Chang. He doesn't sing on his recipe for crab claw, though, which may well be for the best.

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