Unlike what you might expect after seeing an episode of Law & Order: SVU, cases are calm, plodding affairs. Day after day of finding these cases on her desk must have dulled Friel's emotional reaction, as she seems fairly happy-go-lucky throughout most of the doc.
"A Matter of Taste stays away from the creative process of crafting high end food that was highlighted in El Bulli, another decent culinary doc released this year, and instead features a young and skilled craftsman adrift in a market full of French technicians. Liebrandt's tale is far from over, but this portion of it is an interesting, though sometimes shallow feeling look at the top tier restaurant business."