Foie Gras & Brioche on Peacock Eyes + Moth | Ko No Mono
The moth (actually a blue morpho butterfly) represents Will's moral transformation. The peacock eyes represent Hannibal (ostentatious, watching, supportive). Foie gras is one of the foods used to fatten ortolans before they're drowned. Ortolans + foie gras was also the last meal of French President Mitterrand.
Meet Janice Poon, Hollywood’s go-to chef for all things gruesome.
She’s responsible for the edible props on some of your favorite film and TV sets; Star Trek alien hors d'oeuvres, rat organs and raw meatballs for Hemlock and a pair of eel covered feet in Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities.
Her grizzliest creations feature in psychological horror-thriller Hannibal. Cooking for Hollywood’s best loved cannibalistic serial killer, she’s served up eyeball appetizers, Gillian Anderson’s severed leg and a whole human body, peking style.
Of course, none of these dishes are what they appear...
My attempt on FeedingHannibal’s (Janice Poon’s Twitter) protein scramble (the first dish Hannibal made for Will)! It came out delicious and I’m so happy with it! A nice first breakfast of 2023! ❤️🥐🍳🍖
My plating isn’t as pretty as Janice’s, so I have much to aspire to. 😚 I also couldn’t find honey garlic sausage so I used brown sugar sausage, poached it, brushed w/ honey & crushed garlic, then browned it. I think I over did the honey a little so will pull back next time. 🍯
Okay at the risk of sounding crazy. I love Hannibal, the way all the cooking is shot is amazing and the food stylist of the show (Janice Poon) is phenomenal at her work. I’ve also worked with plenty of chefs who would “theory craft” cooking people so it’s interesting to see a mainstream representation of it.
Plus Mads Mikkelsen is just amazing. I’m not crazy I swear. :3