35 Minute Meals Starring Tufte Chika Ando Ellen Lenihan Osvaldo Jiménez Ed229B – Stanford University

Recipes are hard to follow For the novice chef, recipes usually dont come out as planned Novice chefs dont know what to do after reading many parts of the directions Much of the time is spent doing guesswork

Challenges for Novice Chefs Time Management Following Recipes takes Multi-tasking skills Macro process and Micro Process

The Solution Visualize linear process in multiple threads Clarify each process and position in the whole

The bad ol recipe A quick and flavorful pasta dish thats special enough for company. 1/2 jar oil-packed julienne sun-dried tomatoes (about ½ cup) 1 bunch asparagus, trimmed, cut into thirds 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil 3/4 can chicken broth (about 12 ounces) 1 Lemon 2 tablespoons Olive Oil 16 ounces penne pasta Salt and Pepper to taste Garnish with Parmesan cheese Heat 2 tbsp. olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add asparagus and sauté until crisp-tender, about 2 minutes. Add ¾ can chicken broth to skillet and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Add sun-dried tomatoes and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Grate or peel thin strips of lemon rind into skillet and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Add ¼ cup basil to skillet for 1 minute. Remove from heat. Cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite. Drain; return pasta to same pot. Add asparagus sauce to pasta and toss until sauce coats pasta. Season with salt, pepper and Parmesan cheese and serve.

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Tuftes Seal of Approval Use of Small Multiples Use of Micro/Macro Design Use of Layering/Separation Narratives of Space & Time Use of pictures to display current status of foods over time Two dimensional representation of Time and Placement

Design Challenges How to accurately describe a recipe How to do it in a way that uses Tufte principles Tradeoffs between intuition and Tufte principles Printing Press vs. Tufte Ideals

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