http://wannabetvchef.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/we-have-a-winner/ My journey to pseudo-stardom. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:34:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://wannabetvchef.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/we-have-a-winner/#comment-478 My Interview with Ted Allen « Wannabe TV Chef - Blog Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:49:45 +0000 http://wannabetvchef.wordpress.com/?p=93#comment-478 [...] Ted seemed as interested in learning about me as I was about him.  I guess that is why he is an award winning writer, because he understands that every place you go and every one you meet has a story of their own.  In the twenty minutes or so that we spoke we talked about the cuisines of Europe, New York, Cleveland, Chicago, Nashville, Africa, the Midwest, and the Third Coast.  We discussed the creativity of Masaharu Morimoto, Bobby Flay, and Michael Symon as well as the brilliance of Alton Brown.  In all honesty, if the lunch rush hadn’t demanded that I get back to the kitchen I think I would have been on the phone with him all afternoon.  I even agreed to e-mail him a copy of the recipe for West Indies Salad. [...] [...] Ted seemed as interested in learning about me as I was about him.  I guess that is why he is an award winning writer, because he understands that every place you go and every one you meet has a story of their own.  In the twenty minutes or so that we spoke we talked about the cuisines of Europe, New York, Cleveland, Chicago, Nashville, Africa, the Midwest, and the Third Coast.  We discussed the creativity of Masaharu Morimoto, Bobby Flay, and Michael Symon as well as the brilliance of Alton Brown.  In all honesty, if the lunch rush hadn’t demanded that I get back to the kitchen I think I would have been on the phone with him all afternoon.  I even agreed to e-mail him a copy of the recipe for West Indies Salad. [...]

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