"Kswck" > wrote in message
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> "Goy Liath" > wrote in message
> om...
> > it's often said all great chefs are men.
> >
> > but could one say all great cooks are women?
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> > cooking is honest. being a chef is pompous.
> Being a chef w/an attitude like Emeril is pompous. Being a chef is an
> interest and perhaps a career.
> >

Regarding old Emeril - I used to think he was the court jester of cooking
until two things happened. First, I went to his restaurant in NO and was
blown away by the food and service. Second, I heard Julia Child say some
very kind and complementary words about him in a biography of her. It's a
reminder to all of us to not judge a book by its cover.


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Peter Aitken

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