> Some of the most highly-ranked restaurants in the world feature cuisine
> which is simple at heart, but which is prepared *perfectly*. That's
> difficult to accomplish, and I think that's what Julia can aspire to. I
> think Julia's great strength is that she has an ironclad grip on the
basics
> of cooking, where some of the other contenders definitely do not.

Heh.. OR it means that the patrons of Hell's Kitchen aren't all that high
class after all. Shocking.

Reminds me of the Collier short story about the chef who serves a high-end
food critic some downhome mashed potatoes (and then kills her with fugu).