MusicAndCooking

“Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”: Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker and the Secret Ingredient

Sometimes one unexpected ingredient is enough to transform a familiar dish. A little sea salt on chocolate or a hint of lemon in a dessert can change the entire experience. Music can work in much the same way.Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker offers a delightful example. In the famous Dance...