My favorite thing about being a chef is the diversity of talent found in every kitchen. I’ve worked alongside chefs who might be neurosurgeons or astrophysicists if not for their food passions.
“So I was always terrified of the end of the world and the apocalypse. What is it, 2012? I saw it on the History channel when I was 18, and I was convinced for years I was gonna die."
“My right arm is based on a book called Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. I had a friend of mine read the book and just do the drawings. I let him interpret it how he wanted to.
I started this leg of my Insanity Tour with a train to Boston. It was either the train or taking a taxi to the airport, waiting for the flight, the flight, then another taxi to the restaurant in downtown Boston.
I’m at JFK Airport waiting for my flight to Miami, on my way to Key West to take ph’ood with French Master Chef Franck Garanger, on the Marina Cruise Ship. Hunger followed me to the airport, so I bought a Ceasar Salad.
After throwing the idea around for a French Master Chefs Cookbook with Jean-Louis Dumonet (head of the North American Group) for several months we have started the process. The schedule is pretty intense.