Cooks Talk!: Great Chef!

Food is the great universal topic. Go anywhere and talk with just about anyone and know that after pleasantries are exchanged, the conversation will almost always get around to food..eating it, buying it, preparing it. We love to talk about the parties we've attended, bar-b-ques we've hosted, dinners we've made, the desserts we've savored and the recipes we've mastered. I think we are lucky in that our conversations always come back to food in some capacity or another. It's always best when food is shared, both across the table and with our words. Come..let's share the bounty! Cooks talk!

Monday, July 14, 2008

Great Chef!

Cooking shows and bookstores all crow the greatness of "great" chefs. Almost anyone with a modicum of talent, a handful of nice pots and pans, great cheekbones and a pushy agent can get acclaim. But think about all the great restaurants you've eaten at that haven't been given a five-star rating but have been incredible to the point of being legendary, think of all the great cooks in your family who have never had a cooking show on The Food Network and who never will yet were stellar, knock-your-socks-off kind of cooks. I think it's the great unsung "heroes" of the cooking world that make eating and sharing talk about food such a pleasure. Such it is about this man, Dave Pearson, a chef to the greats of the Dodger world in Los Angeles. There can't be anything better than a cook with humility, especially one who can make a mean batch of fried chicken to boot!

Cooks Talk!
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-me-lopez13-2008jul13,0,1291180.column