Michael Hearst is a composer, multi-instrumentalist, and writer. He is a founding member of the band One Ring Zero, which has released nine albums, including the literary collaboration As Smart As We Are (The Author Project), featuring lyrics by Paul Auster, Margaret Atwood, Dave Eggers, and Neil Gaiman, among others; Planets, a collection of new compositions to represent the solar system and beyond; and their most recent, The Recipe Project, in which the band has taken recipes from today's top chefs (Mario Batali, Tom Colicchio, David Chang, etc.), set them to music, and sing them word for word.
“A delightful and nerdy treat for the foodie-musicologist,
transforming delicious recipes into singable, danceable songs, a
straight shot to our omnibus of favorite cross-disciplinary
cookbooks.” —Maria Popova, The Atlantic
“The food and music worlds are not only colliding but
collaborating. The creative minds behind this fusion are the
members of the band One Ring Zero. And the end goal of all of this?
Make recipes and food more accessible and fun.” —Time
"The book also has plenty of insightful musings from folks like
David Chang, Jonathan Dixon and Bon Appetit's own Christine Muhlke,
but the hook is with the album. By stylistically channeling the
Beastie Boys and Bach to Bowie and Belly (with the latter's Tanya
Donelly lending vocals on a track), the band's catchy recipe
adaptations make for an engaging listen." —Michael Singer, Bon
Appetit
"We found the ideal background music for cooking: Lyrics on the
album The Recipe Project from recipes by famous chefs. Food Network
stars Aaron Sanchez and Michael Symon, among others, handed over
their favorite recipes to the band One Ring Zero so they could turn
them into catchy tunes.” —Food Network Magazine
"If you're really interested in exploring the relationship between
food and music, I would suggest focusing on the essays and
interviews. What I like about the album itself, though, is that it
injects some much-needed levity into the topic of chefs and their
food—a subject which has become almost delusionally self-serious of
late. It's hard to be reverential about a recipe when it's set to
accordion music.” —Elizabeth Gunnison, Esquire
“For the project, One Ring Zero, a musical group led by New York
multi-instrumentalists Joshua Camp and Michael Hearst, used recipes
from platinum chefs like Mario Batali and Tom Colicchio as lyrics.
Then they paired the spoken recipes to tunes done in various sonic
styles, from banda to metal. The whole thing got served up with a
side of informative food essays, making The Recipe Project a true
feast for cuisine geeks. It’s a project worthy of the new breed of
food pornographers, who have transformed cooking programming into
an indulgent pleasure.” —Scott Thill, Wired
“Each chef got to pick their own musical style for their Shrimp
Remoulade, Pickled Pumpkin or Tunisian chicken wings, all of which
were served at the album’s launch party. In other words, the music
is as diverse as the dishes.” —Rachel Wharton, NY1
“The chefs picked their own musical styles, from classic rock
(Michael Symon) to Mexican banda (Aaron Sanchez) to rap (Chris
Cosentino), creating a hilarious ode to all things musical and
culinary. A CD of the songs comes packaged in a book by Black
Balloon called The Recipe Project, edited by Oprah.com’s own Leigh
Newman, which includes all the recipes (you can actually cook the
dishes), plus interviews with the chefs (David Chang dishes on
childhood violin lessons), original playlists by chefs, and essays
on food and music by every kind and stripe of writer.” —Lynn
Andriani, Oprah.com
“Between the covers, you'll find recipes, prose pieces, chef
interviews, and yes, music. Pore through the pages and you'll be
rewarded with some lovely food writing, delicious food, and
toe-tapping tunes. It's a multi-sensory feast.” —Esther Sung,
Epicurious
“The CD and accompanying book sets to music recipes by such
celebrity chefs as Mario Batali, John Besh and Aarón Sanchez. The
recipes are sung complete, from the ingredients to the directions
and serving sizes. It's infectious and catchy. So much so, I
started singing recipes as I made them at home, like I had been
infected with a melody virus.” —Jeff Houck, Tampa Bay Online
“The Recipe Project is one of the year's most ambitious books,
combining interviews, essays, and recipes with a music CD to
wondrous results. The project's combination of food, writing, and
music works on every level.” —Largehearted Boy
“Silly and smart all at once, a good gift for your musical foodie
friends.” —The Denver Post
"Need fun stuff for the super-music-nerd-foodie who has everything?
Here ya go: Famous chefs’ recipes sung—literally sung, just as
written ('1 teaspoon salt, 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil,')
to original pop music in styles ranging from power pop to acid
klezmer (you’ll know it when you hear it), accompanied by a book of
smart essays and thoughtful oddities. I’ll admit I’m glad they
didn’t record Julia Child’s six-page recipe for cassoulet, which
would fill an entire CD—maybe two. But if they ever do, I’m
thinking a prog-rock style opus, a la 'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.'" —Ted
Allen, host of Food Network's Chopped
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