Maestro Witte, in the kitchen with the sauce pot

Cooking with 91成人导航 Leaders: Dean Peter Witte

How do you know that the campus culinary scene is heating up? Perhaps it is when the dean of 91成人导航鈥檚 Conservatory of Music channels his inner Julia Child.

Dean Peter Witte and his wife Robin whipped up a tantalizing recipe of the famous chef鈥檚 beef bourguignon on Sept. 21 as part of the series .

It was Child, after all, who once said, 鈥淵ou don鈥檛 have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces鈥攋ust good food from fresh ingredients.鈥

Those watching saw the Wittes assemble the ingredients鈥攂eef, bacon, Burgundy, flour, mushrooms and more鈥攊nto a hearty meal. The recipe also included rosemary.

鈥淧ay attention, this is the green part of the meal,鈥 Peter Witte said as Robin chopped the rosemary.

Through the cooking process, the Wittes talked about their love of food, their first great meal together and advice for young musicians.

Interspersed with the mouth-watering cooking exhibition was a bit of a comedy show from the dean:

鈥淚f this was my cooking show, it would be cereal and peanut butter toast.鈥

鈥淶oom should have a scent button. Not for everything, but for this. It smells pretty good.鈥

鈥淎nd now we add the bacon we cooked at the beginning. We will have to eat edamame the rest of the week.鈥

Robin Witte, an accomplished musician, recalled the couple鈥檚 first 鈥渨orld-class鈥 meal during their honeymoon in Maine.

鈥淲e have had lots of lovely meals together, but that one at the White Barn Inn stands out as our first,鈥 she said. 鈥淚t was a special night and I had never had a dining experience like that.鈥

鈥淭he White Barn Inn is where we first got our love for food,鈥 Peter Witte said.

As they moved the beef dish from stove top to oven, both reflected on advice for young musicians.

鈥淟earn to sight read,鈥 Robin Witte said. 鈥淵ou never know when your next opportunity is going to come. Someone might get sick and you could get called in. Be ready.鈥

Peter Witte added three additional pieces of advice: record yourself performing, don鈥檛 be a diva and if you say you are going to do something, then do it.

The Wittes鈥 cooking exhibition was the third in the , when President Christopher Callahan and his wife Jean invite you into their on-campus home for Stetson Chopped Salad, with tortoni for dessert.