In a trick of the imagination, the ingredients assembled for a King of France are being brought together again in a cuisine demanding labor, experience and a sense of the world brought to the kitchen door by farmers and ranchers.  The scene is not much different than it was 300 years ago.

"Imagine yourself in your grandfather's kitchen, the one where a pump and a bucket brought water to the table, the one where several people around a big table were all busy with dinner preparations. In this home, they had the fowl or the pork raised in the barnyard, the fruits and vegetables came also from the  garden.  Everything about food production was self-sustained, and wholesome.  And of course, the food was awesome.