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Ecole Boulud: On the Job Training for James Beard's Rising Star

Flora Lazar | Posted 03.13.2009 | Style

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Flora Lazar

Kaysen was able to boil down his chef's bon mots to five big lessons. They must be working. Less that a year into the job, Kaysen won the James Beard award for most promising young chef.

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What is a Foodie? Am I One? Are You?

Sophie Brickman | Posted 11.15.2008 | Style

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Sophie Brickman

A thought then clanged in my head: as a culinary student whose mind focused on the culinary arts more than 50% of each day, was I now a foodie?

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Science Food

Michael Nagrant | Posted 10.20.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Grant Achatz Soul, Alinea Wine List, Alinea Food, Gastronomy, Garrett's Popcorn, Marco Pierre White, Molecular Gastronomy, Alinea Technique, Organic Food, Grant Achatz, Charlie Trotter, Chez Panisse, Food, Alinea Menu, Experimental Cooking, Alinea Cookbook, Science Food, Alinea, Farm to Table, Eating Local, Chicago News
Michael Nagrant

Alinea and Grant Achatz's cooking was even sometimes dubbed soulless. Like me, though, many of these critics had never eaten the food or spoken with the chef. I think maybe, all they needed to do was eat at Alinea once to discover the truth.

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