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no, really, who in NYC is? I especially like Vegan cookies, so any hints are appreciated...:)
nataliepo at 12:20PM on 10/10/08
haha hardest question ever.
I'll answer it with:
who's food/cooking do you love most? Or looks the most appetizing?
• Chef Micheal Smith
• Jamie Oliver (I could look at him all day too)
• Bobby Flay
• Cat Cora
• David Adjey
• Ming Tsai
• Robert Reignford
• My Boyfriend (and i get it every day, yay!)
• My Papa
• My Oma...
...I'm sure you're an awesome chef nataliepo, what would you cook for me?
Great topic to get people talking by the way :)
hungrychristel at 2:26PM on 10/10/08
wow, i can't believe it is all people on TV. how about alain ducasse, or michael bras. joel robuchon, or thomas keller. for those on Tv how about Rokusaburu Michiba, or Masaharu Morimoto. What about Charlie Trotter, Grant Achatz, or Rick Bailess? Um...Alice Waters, Gabrielle Hamilton, Judy Rogers. Eric Ripert, Daniel Bolud.
I'll just just say it: the people with shows are talented cooks but their true skill is in entertainment.
coolname at 6:38PM on 10/10/08
Beg to differ @coolname ... not all TV chefs are more sizzle than steak. You mention Rick Bayless. Then there's the original ... Julia Child ... Mario Batali .... Michel Richard has been spotted behind the camera ... Madeline Kamman ... Jaques Pepin ... to name just a few.
People on TV come to mind mainly because they are more visible.
kjgibson at 6:50PM on 10/10/08
How about limiting your choices to chef's food you've eaten personally? I'm sure some of you have had the fortune to dine at a number of the big name chef's restaurants, but for me up here in seattle, I 've done tom douglas and ethan stowell and that's about it...nobody on tv that's for sure...
sailordave at 8:02PM on 10/10/08
I agree with sailordave. I'm not a chef, but I'm a freakin' awesome cook. So is my mom, my uncle, several of my aunts, my grandma, and my boss--we do either Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner together every year.
One of my very best friends actually is a chef, and she's awesome. A lot of what I know about cooking I learned from her.
And for restaurants in the tiny town I live in, it's pretty slim pickins. We did have a nationally known restaurant called the Imperial Dynasty owned by the Wing family, but when the patriarch of the family passed away, they closed it down. :(
buffy at 8:11PM on 10/10/08
there is a fairly big selection of vegan cookies at lifethyme on sixth avenue.
cybercita at 8:57PM on 10/10/08
julia. the only one i've ever really enjoyed. my grandmother used to watch her when i was small. that's where it all started for me. wish i could of met her.
dearrie at 9:33PM on 10/10/08
chef (shěf) n. A cook, especially the chief cook of a large kitchen staff. [French, short for chef de cuisine, head of the kitchen; see chief.]
A chef is someone who runs a kitchen, and this definition assumes we're not talking about a home kitchen. I'm classically trained, cook all the time, but right now I am not a chef - I do not run a professional kitchen.
The distinction between "cook" and "chef" has been blurred by using the terms interchangeably.
As far as your question, the best chef is defined not only by the product of his or her labor in the kitchen, but how well the kitchen is run, how well costs are controlled and the line that wraps around the block to get into the restaurant he or she runs.
therealchiffonade at 10:49PM on 10/10/08
did everyone get that?
dearrie at 11:06PM on 10/10/08
John Folse.
1stmakearoux at 8:33AM on 10/11/08
I thought this was a gag question since saying me and no info and then saying to like vegan cookies was like saying apples and oranges. I am betting someone is spamming.
JerzeeTomato at 12:55PM on 10/11/08
Me! No, seriously.
paolo at 4:10PM on 09/26/09
hello natalie!
paolo test at 5:13PM on 09/26/09
hello again natalie!
paolo test at 5:18PM on 09/26/09
hello
paolo test at 5:21PM on 09/26/09
hello paolo
paolo test at 5:25PM on 09/26/09