In Restorative Remedy for Creative Strength, Reynolds presents recipes outlined by famed gastronomer Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in his seminal 1825 treatise “The Physiology of Taste: Or Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy.” Brillat-Savarin wrote three unique recipes for creative elixirs that he prescribed to the individual who desired to regain creative strength for his practice, whether it was poetry or painting. Restorative Remedy for Creative Strength “A” is offered here as it was described in the original recipe, consisting of three bottles of the potion to be consumed by the “sufferer” in order to complete the regimen. The installation also references the origin of the “restaurant”, a term born in 18th- century Paris. From the French verb restaurer, meaning “to restore,” Reynolds has recreated a “restaurant”, or meat-based consommé, that patrons would order and consume at designated establishments in order to restore their strength. Reynolds displays recipe cards that serve as artifact complete with indexical smudges, spills, and stains which expose the performative process of making the elixir. Although this kitchen alchemy provides a physical manifestation of creativity, the recipe cards serve as a reminder that cooking, or more importantly creating, should be conceived in terms of production rather than consumption, process rather than product.