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I like that you all post videos on your site. It makes the experience much more colorful and entertaining. Also you don't find much video content on other food blogs. Keep 'em coming

Morgan: We'd like to run Jeffrey's World once a month, if possible. It all depends on how busy Mr. Steingarten is and whether he minds us buzzing around as flies on his wall.

We also have a small outtake from a very early series we were going to do about the search for JS's new assistant. He has since found an assistant, but we have a short video from the initial search.

Deirdre: I just added Kathryn's take on working with JS to the player above. Hope it's the type of insight you were looking for.

Thanks Adam. I'd love to see more of these Jeffrey videos. You really don't see him on-air anywhere, except occasionally on 'Iron Chef.' And he's a great character for television. Am I the only one watching these videos?

Deirdre: Serious Eats's mastermind, Ed, just let gave me a clip of a video he has from an earlier Jeffrey series he was going to develop -- about the search for JS a new assistant. I think it might be up your alley. There's a bit at the end in which Kathryn talks about her days assisting Mr. Steingarten. I'm coding it up and getting it ready to publish here.

Hey Adam -- since we're in 'Jeffrey's World' could we ask Kathryn, his former assistant, to give us some insight into what it was like to work for JS? Sometimes he seems like such a teddy bear -- other times more like a lion.
He has a reputation of being the impossible boss. But at the same time, it must be the ultimate food education. Love to hear from from someone who's actually had to hold down the job. Kathryn, can we talk?

Does anyone else find Jeffrey arrogant? He gets a $5000 personal chef paid for by Vogue, then stands in his shadow questioning his process. He should be honored to have such a celebrated chef working in his rodent-festered, broken-down kitchen. No matter what, Jeffrey is an entertaining character. Looking forward to the remainder of the series.