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M.F.K. Fisher

Q. If you had to choose one above the other would you say that you are writing about food? Or writing about life.

Anthony Bourdain
What skills should one possess to ensure the highest probability of staying employed in the back of the house?

Mario Batali

Other than your own, what is your favorite italian restaurant in America?

I would ask Harold McGee if there were any way to reheat an alfredo sauce without it @#*&$^@ breaking.

I dreamed about Alton Brown last night. Seriously.

Robert Parker

What wine would you drink with your final meal?

Alton Brown. Can I go on one of your Dining on Asphalt trips with you? Please?

Gordon Ramsay

Why do you not like Jamie Oliver? He's no competition for you!!

Alton Brown.

Why do I feel the need to go find my 8th grade science book when I watch your show? And why do I love it so much?

Anthony Bourdain

What are your thoughts on absinthe gummi bears?

Alton Brown
What were your science grades like in high school?

Alton Brown - Don't you think that sometimes your "scientifically correct" methods are just a little over the top and not very practical?

Gordon Ramsay

A videogame? Really? Why? Who told you that was a good idea?

Alton Brown. What has been your favorite topic ever covered on Good Eats and why?

Ina Garten. Do you remember me from Turn of River Junior High in Stamford, Ct.?

Mario Batali. Would you please open a restaurant where I live?

Alice Waters - Can I tag along while you shop for your dinner?

My Dad, who died in 1990. He studied at Cordon Bleu, and was the best cook I have ever met. His favorite thing to cook and eat was red beans and fried potatoes.

Bob Tuschman, why does Food Network repeat Iron Chef America several times during the week and yet let the new series of the original Iron Chef (Japan) go to Fine Living (where I can't watch it unless I double my cable bill)?

Jacques Pepin: Can I come over for dinner some night?

Anthony Bourdain, how the heck do you stay so thin even though you've eaten your way around the globe??

Ina
If you could only make one dish for the rest of your life, what would it be?

Sandra Lee:
"WHY?!"

--or alternately--
"Have you ever considered a career at a perfume counter in your local mall? I think you'd find it much more fulfilling."

Rachel Ray. I would ask her "Why do you like cooking with cumin so much?"

Mark Bittman:
What are the 5 must-have items in your pantry besides staples like flour, sugar, and coffee?

Harumi Kurihara- How do you make Japanese food seem so accessible for Westerners?

Ina Garten/Barefoot Contessa:

You and Jeffrey are too cute, since you don't have children, will you adopt me?

Tactful_Cactus beat me to it.

So after she asks Sandra Lee "Why?" i think I'd need to follow that up with a "No, seriously, WHY?"

Rose Levy Beranbaum

The house next door is for sale...would you consider re-locating so I can smell your wonderful cakes baking everyday?

Alton Brown:
Any advice on custom paint jobs for stand mixers?

Masaharu Morimoto,

Why don't you show your wonderful sense of humor more often?

Nigella Lawson

Where did you get your gift for language?

Grant Achatz

How has your life changed since your diagnosis/recovery?

or (more selfish)

Can I watch/help in the kitchen for a weekend?

Anthony Bourdain

Can I travel around and eat with you?

alton brown: "what happened to the beard?"

Gordon Ramsay

"What do you consider to be your very best dish?"

(insert appropriate profanity)

Dorie Greenspan

How do you stay so thin?

nancy silverton

how DO you make your pizza crust like those at your restaurant pizzeria mozza in los angeles (i heard it takes 3 days to make?!)

Alton Brown

Will you open an AB University?? Please?

(clearly, I've never been a journalist)

The chairman of Iron Chef:

Who the hell is your uncle?

What a wonderful cookbook giveaway drawing! I would enjoy interviewing
Rachel Ray. I would ask her about her energy. Something like, where does your exuberance come from and will you share it with me?! Please enter me in your drawing. I have never won on this fantastic site. Thanks, Cindi

Mario Batali

Could you teach me to make Starburst pan sauce?

I would have a big gathering of people to talk with - Paula Deen, the Death by Chocolate guy, the Galloping Gourmet....

I would ask Sandra Lee about the episode where she dumped booze in the kiddie punch. Thanks for the giveaway!

I would interview Alton Brown.

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I'd ask Ina Garten if she'd invite my family out for a meal if we promised to provide the entertainment (we're professional musicians).

I would ask Mario Batali for ways in which to make his new grilling recipes without the benefit of either a charcoal or gas grill, but with an electric grill.

Sandra Lee-How can you wear white while cooking, and not get any of it on you!

Bobby Flay-I would ask him how he keeps his energy and positive attitude doing all of the shows and ads and appearances he does.

Paula Dean
How do you stay always happy and positive about life and would she adopt me. ;-) Thank.s

Alton Brown

Will you continue to do your "Feasting" series for years to come? I look forward to it every summer!

Jamie Oliver - So would your gardener like a helper?

Bobby Flay-what do you do to stay in shape and maintain your high energy level???

Martha Stewart: Can you please come to my house and make it better?

as I read the posts I thought I'd be the first to ask Rick Bayliss. Then, the last one... Rick, what was the last thing you prepared without reference to Mexican tradition? Do you do it often?
No offense to your specialty--it's fabulous!

Judith Jones: what is your favorite cookbook for everyday simple fare?

Alton Brown - I would have so many questions!

I'd interview Mark Bittman.
The one question I'd have to ask is:
Why did you name your cookbook(s) "How to cook everything" and which recipes would you add to make that title true.

Boby Flay

Can you bottle your energy and sell it?

Frank Bruni, restaurant reviewer for the NY Times

How did you manage to land your job??

Dominic
the zen kitchen

Paula Deen - what are your cholesterol/triglycerides numbers?

Ina Garten.

How did a nice Jewish girl from Connecticut end up working on budgets in the White House? I know she told the story on Chefography but it still baffles me! Thanks.

Harold McGee:
Is cooking still fun and mysterious when you know all the science behind it?

Duff Goldman! He's fun and a cook baker, and I think we'd have a good time of it.

Judy Rodgers. How did you learn to write so clearly about technique?

I actually listen to "Splendid Table" every week (although I have to podcast it now that NHPR took it off their lineup and put up that stupid show that's not about religion but is) and I love the call-in portion! I always pause the podcast after and think if I have any questions to ask her, but everyone else's questions are always so good (or.. on bad days, kinda repetative). But I think I would ask her to talk about Italy. She just went again, and did two shows on it, and they were sparkling, delightful narratives. I know there was more that must have been edited out, or thought not appealing for the wider audience. I could listen to Lynn describe sauces for DAYS on end!

To Bob Kinkead:

Would you embrace or encourage a trend toward ethnic (e.g. South American) seafood-centric restaurants and, if so, what advice would you give to a person with a dream to own and operate such a place?

To Mollie Katzen:
I remember Moosewood's beginnings in Ithaca, and I'd love to hear how your cuisine evolved in collaboration with your customers and cooks. I think this must be like theater, an art form created with constant feedback from the audience and improvisation from the artists, and your musings on that would be a joy to hear.

Ramsey,

Why dont you do your show like the european. I like you better there than in the US. You seem more peersonal.

John Currence
Q. What's for lunch?

Julia Child.

Julia, in all your years of cooking and instructing what is the most exciting and rewarding dish you've ever made?

Alton Brown
When are you ever foing to put out some new "Good Eats" shows?

Gordon Ramsey. Which do you prefer cooking - American or European cuisine?

bobby flay whats your favorate meal to prepare

Mark Bittman: How did you get to be so awesome?

I'd ask Paula Dean what I'm doing wrong when i'm frying chicken. it just never comes out right

Sara Moulton -- Which part of your career have you enjoyed the most?

Iron Chef Morimoto: Will you please cook for me?

Anthony Bourdain.

"Will you marry me?"

Lidia Bastianich -
Any plans to open a new restaurant on the West Coast?

Rick Bayless

"What was your first exposure to Mexican cuisine - the first dish you had -and were you an instant convert at that point or did you learn to love the food and the people?"

Tyson Cole-How do you come up with your menu ideas?

Never heard of it, like to win it! Sounds both fun & interesting. Dianna Murrah---3410 Wildwood---Belton, Tex. 76513

Ina Garten: Can we be friends?

Christopher Kimball--can I be an test kitchen taster?

If it were possible, it would have to be Julia Child: Will you come stay at my house for at least a week so we can shop and cook and eat every day?

Bob Blumer-
What is your latest Surreal idea for a gala party? Help me plan a fun wedding, pretty please?

Tony Bourdain- Will you take me with you, please?

Julia Child: What is your favorite comfort meal, either when you're home alone or when you have friends coming over?

Robert Irvine - WTF were you thinking?!?

Dave Lieberman.

Will you marry me?

Anthony Bourdain.
What was it that turned you around so you could take those "destructive" impulses and do something positive with them?

Martin Yan. How did you form an interest in cuisine?

Rachael Ray -- Where DO you find the time?!

Nigel Slater! I'd ask him if I could have dinner with him in his garden.

Chris Bianco: Can I cut the line?

Cat Cora: What ten ingredients can you not cook without--the basic staples?

Alton Brown: What's it like to be on the food network, are you afraid of being cut?

Curtis Stone: Are the husbands ever upset with you?? :)

Grant Achatz - how has losing your sense of taste and slowly regaining it changed your relationship with food?

Bourdain - May I please come on your next trip?

Todd Thrasher, bar chef extraordinare:

How DO you come up with the ideas for these cocktails? And will you give me your recipe for bitters?

I would like to interveiw Chef Jamie Gwen. The first question I would ask , since hers looks very nutrious is: Since the world is becoming more and more obese. Will she start using soy beans in her recipes. Please enter me, thank you

Rick Bayless -- is there any point to that pepper-roaster grill thing that I've seen on your show? Seems to me that roasting peppers right on the burners makes more sense, but I'm curious.

Anthony Bourdain- If you had to retire somewhere, what country would it be? What do you like best about their cuisine?

Gordan Ramsey
Would you appear on iron chef?

Gordon Ramsay - I have seen your BBC show the F-word, and I think it is remarkable how much your personality differs; the interactions with your interactions with your children and wife showcase a real caring parent and husband - even raising animals in your backyard with your children displays just to kill them shows a real humanitarian side. Your interactions that have made you so popular in the American media, however, are far less sensitive, so to speak. Do your children have exposure to these American media displays, and if so, how do you reinforce to them that this is just an act? Do your children see any of this side of you in your day-to-day activity?

Anthony Bourdain - Can I marry you?

I would speak to Tyler Florence and ask him to demonstrate how to make the perfect crab cakes in my kitchen!

Alice Waters - Can I tag along while you shop for your dinner?

Rocco Despirito: "Would you go out with me?"

Nancy Silverton- what's the secret recipe for the Mozza pizza dough?!

Paula Deen - What's your obsession with butter and sugar?

Scott Peacock, Although I'd rather it be the late Edna Lewis. I'd ask, " Will you disciple me in the ways of southern cooking; especially in the art of cooking perfectly fried chicken?"

Calvin Trillin

would he join me at his favorite place for dinner?

Julia Child. If someone wants to cook, how do you suggest they start?

Anthony Bordain ; What is your favorite place to eat and travel?

Anthony Bourdain - When are you going to do a show about New Mexico?

Paula Deen- Can I come to one of your family get-togethers?

I would ask Tyler Florence if he would like to eat crackers in bed with me.

I would ask Anthony Bourdain...
"What would you eat for you last meal?"

Paula Deen, I grew up in the Pee Dee area of South Carolina, and for big get togethers (Scouts, church suppers if it wasn't pot-luck) it was usually chicken bog. I KNOW they did not use sausage in it, but there was a great deal of pepper. It was NEVER baked. Can you help me make chicken bog the way its supposed to be? (Meaning, of course, the food of my childhood. Hey, ALL comfort food should be done that way!)

Anthony Bourdain - can you take me with you on vacation?

Anthony bourdain: what made you want to travel and try the foods that you do, what made you so adventurous??

Rachel Ray- Is there anywhere she couldn't eat on $40 a day?

Paula Deen- will u fix me a good home cooking meal?

Martha Stewart - Why do you seem to have 36 hours in your day when I only have 24?

I would love to meet Rachel Ray. I would ask her about the traveling shows. Did you enjoy trying to eat in exotic places on $40.00 a day?

Guy Fieri--What is your favorite diner, drive-in or dive?
Thank you for the contest!

Wolfgang Puck-What do you prepare when you have friend over for a weekend get together? garrettsambo@aol.com

Gordon Ramsay
What's your favorite meal?

Thomas Keller.

"What is your favorite simple meal?"

Gordon Ramsey-what's your favorite dish?

I would interview Duff Goldman from Ace of Cakes and ask him how he overcame his difficult teen years to become a successful chef and does he have any advice for teens who are struggleing.

Paula Deen - Are the food/vacation specials you've done as fun as they look and where are you and your family going next?

Rachael Ray - Why do my 30 minute meals take longer than your 30 minute meals?

I would ask Alton Brown if he would come to my house to cook.