THE SKETCH
ROASTED MAITAKE MUSHROOMS WITH CHESTNUTS, ROASTED VEGETABLES AND AUTUMNAL AROMAS

Achatz: "During a brainstorming meeting we started asking ourselves the touchstones of the upcoming fall season. Halloween, Thanksgiving, and hayrides were common answers, followed by the inevitable question: 'what does a hayride smell like?' For me, the combination of hay, apples, cinnamon, freshly-cut pumpkins and dried leaves, evoke vivid memories. As kids, we used ride in the back of a tractor pulled wagon and eat cinnamon doughnuts with apple cider in the crisp autumn air. In order to recreate the hayride, we had to carefully balance each of the elements. Too much cinnamon or apple yield a result like apple pie. Too much hay or leaf material overpowers the pumpkin and apple aromas.