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"My approach, I explained to the chief executive of the French Culinary Institute, was to find a venue, make mistakes, be laughed at, and debased, and then either surmount or fail. My plan...was to start out in a good French kitchen here in the United States ('But which one?' I mused), and follow that with three months in Paris.
'Three months?' she asked.
'Three months.'
She said nothing, as if pretending to reflect on my plan. She asked, 'Do you know Daniel Boulud?'
'Yes.' Boulud is America's most ...more
'Three months?' she asked.
'Three months.'
She said nothing, as if pretending to reflect on my plan. She asked, 'Do you know Daniel Boulud?'
'Yes.' Boulud is America's most ...more
Christ, do I ever miss going out to eat...
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