Word: superchef
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...whole experience is one that Batali's peers have to find enviable. He can afford to take mega-risks, with mega-rewards; that's what being a superchef does for you. There's always a Mr. Moneybags lined up to finance or partner with for the next project. But a chef has to follow through, and it's to Batali's credit that he is moving forward, instead of just whining about how much he misses the kitchen...
Chefs around the world have come to embrace what might be called the New Naturalism - a culinary dogma that practically verges on the pantheistic. West Coast superchef Michael Mina is even going so far as to poach fish in actual seawater at his Vegas restaurant American Fish. Unfortunately, like all infatuations, this one comes with some baggage...
...quite a popular brand name like Mario Batali or Bobby Flay or Alain Ducasse, the Peruvian chef has created destination restaurants in the otherwise gray city of Lima that gourmands flock to whenever they can, eschewing the tourist havens of Machu Picchu and Cuzco. Hailed as the "next superchef" by some magazines, Acurio now has his eyes set on global conquest. His goal: to make Peruvian cuisine as familiar around the world as Mexican, Chinese and Thai...
...this year has been Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure. The book, which features entries culled from more than 25,000 submissions on smithmag.net begins with children's advocate Robin Templeton's "After Harvard, had baby with crackhead" and includes superchef Mario Batali's "Brought it to a boil often...
...rigorous not to point out the flaws of those they love. He pulled it off in Terms of Endearment, Broadcast News, As Good As It Gets and, in fact, his one film flop, I'll Do Anything. This time he crams a Malibu house with anguished sweeties: superchef John (Adam Sandler); John's two good, frazzled kids; his mother-in-law (Cloris Leachman); and two newcomers, gorgeous Mexican housekeeper Flor (Paz Vega) and her perfect daughter Cristina (Shelbie Bruce...
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