Coleslaw is a fairly straightforward dish to make. And yet, Dawn Perry, Bon Appetit’s senior food editor, recently found herself staring at list of ingredients for a Fourth of July slaw that included a strange array of flavors: cabbage, tamarind, mayo, buttermilk, basil, two types of onions and flour. If you know anything about the summer side, this recipe was not normal.
“I was like, what heck am I going to do with flour in a coleslaw,” she recalls. “Plus I have all these onions to deal with.”
The odd culinary directive came from Watson, IBM’s cognitive computer best known for kicking Ken Jennings’ butt on Jeopardy in 2011. Since its game show victory, Watson has been beefing up its cooking skills. You can now refer to him as Chef Watson.
via Wired
