On Jun 29, 6:13*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> I have been a fan of Susan Spicer since she first got started in the
> 80's in New Orleans. * By the time she opened her own place she had no
> peer as far as I'm concernd.
>
> http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.c...rleans-chef-on...
>
> exerpt from the story....
>
> Susan Spicer did not intend to be the face of the restaurant rebellion
> against BP over its role in the Gulf oil spill. But that’s what can
> happen when you file a lawsuit.
>
> Ms. Spicer, long a respected New Orleans chef, spent most of Monday
> huddled with her lawyers, trying to map out a strategy after word got
> out that she was suing BP and several other companies on behalf of
> Gulf restaurant owners and seafood suppliers.
>
> “I just hope that my motivations will not be misinterpreted,” she said
> from her restaurant Bayona in her first interview since the suit was
> filed Friday. “It’s more about solidarity in this region than about
> getting my piece of the pie. I can’t say I expect to see a dollar out
> of this thing. I am just angry.”
>
> Ms. Spicer’s attorney, Serena Pollack, filed the suit in New Orleans
> federal court late Friday asking that the court grant class-action
> status for restaurants and seafood sellers who have suffered in the
> wake of the April 20 drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
>
> The lawyers are arguing that Ms. Spicer and other chefs in Louisiana
> and the region have built a reputation and a business using fresh,
> local seafood that is specific to the Gulf of Mexico. Since the oil
> rig accident, that seafood has either become unavailable or
> significantly more expensive.

you moron. the word 'chef' means boss. all you idiots what thinks
'chef' means some kind of cook you're imbeciles.