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Aroma
is almost on a par with taste when Craig creates a new
dish. In fact, all of the five sense of cooking —
color, texture, flavor, aroma, and nutrition, come together
on every carefully designed plate allowing for his harmony
cuisine, "dishes of simplicity and integrity," he describes.
"When you prepare food in your kitchen, let the senses
be your guide and you can create a memorable meal,"
the chef advises. He allows the influence of the past
to permeate some of his dishes, using heirloom vegetables
and fine wines to complement his modern epicurean approaches.
As a chef, his goal is a venerable one and goes a long
way towards his mission of "providing a genuine experience
as opposed to a trendy, generic one," he says.
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The
combination of innkeeping and cooking is not a new blend for Craig.
This is one chef who mingles with his guests whenever he can, in
search of "understanding and always learning more about the desires
of my diners," as he puts it. To that end he made a nightly appearance
in the parlor at the country inn where he gathered his guests for
a glass of wine and a whet-their-appetite rendition of what was
being prepared for dinner.