SOURCES
INTERVIEWS
Unless otherwise noted, all quotations in the text are taken from the following interviews with the author: Bruce Aidells (April 6, 2010); Toni Allegra (June 2, 2010); Colman Andrews (July 5, 2010); John Ash (March 19, 2010); Gerald Asher (May 17, 2010); Laura Avery (December 16, 2010); Dan Barber (July 14, 2010); Caroline Bates (June 25, 2010); Fedele Bauccio (May 26, 2010); Michael Bauer (April 2, 2010); Octavio Becerra (August 2, 2010); Paul Bertolli (May 19, 2010); Georgeanne Brennan (May 26, 2010); Michael Brennan (July 21, 2010); Bill Briwa (March 18, 2010); Lynn Brown (July 5, 2010); Wendy Brucker (July 13, 2010); Gene Burns (July 6, 2010); Marian Burros (September 28, 2010); Jack and Dolores Cakebread (May 27, 2010); Cindy and Liam Callahan (July 28, 2010); Bob Cannard Jr. (June 28, 2010); Dexter Carmichael (July 21, 2010); Linda Carucci (July 21, 2010); Laura Chenel (June 1, 2010); Michael Chiarello (March 11, 2010); Dale Coke (June 29, 2010); Rich Collins (July 2, 2010); Sue Conley (June 1, 2010); Jesse Cool (April 2, 2010); Darrell Corti (June 30, 2010); Gary Danko (May 28, 2010); Narsai David (March 30, 2010); Hugh Davies (June 2, 2010); Jeff Dawson (March 17, 2010); Michael Dellar (July 12, 2010); Daphne Derven (December 20, 2010); Traci Des Jardins (July 20, 2010); Jerry Di Vecchio (May 14, 2010); Jim Dodge (May 14, 2010); Lissa Doumani (March 23, 2010); Paul Draper (May 15, 2010); Greg Drescher (June 30, 2010; February 4, 2011); Barbara Fairchild (May 4, 2010); Elizabeth Falkner (May 17, 2010); Susan Feniger (June 29, 2010); John Finger (July 1, 2010); Doug Fletcher (May 29, 2010); Janet Fletcher (May 29, 2010); Margaret Fox (June 30, 2010); Ken Frank (May 14, 2010); Mark Franz (June 1, 2010); Andrew Freeman (June 14, 2010); Bill Fujimoto (July 13, 2010); Anne Gingrass (March 11, 2010); David Gingrass (July 2, 2010); Suzanne Goin (June 25, 2010); Jonathan Gold (July 3, 2010); Evan Goldstein (June 18, 2010); Randall Grahm (July 7, 2010); Peter Granoff (July 23, 2010); Connie Green (July 22, 2010); Andy Griffin (July 7, 2010); Tony Gulisano (July 16, 2010); Barbara Haimes (March 26, 2010); Marc Halperin (July 16, 2010); Bruce Hill (April 5, 2010); Gerald Hirigoyen (January 10, 2011); John Hudspeth (July 14, 2010); Todd Humphries (July 19, 2010); Rochelle Huppin (June 1, 2010); Jeff Jackson (July 28, 2010); Philippe Jeanty (December 17, 2010); Gary Jenanyan (March 18, 2010); Josh Jensen (December 17, 2010); Paul Johnson (August 9, 2010); Michele Anna Jordan (August 24, 2010); Laurence Jossel (July 29, 2010); Barbara Kafka (May 4, 2010); Loretta Keller (June 16, 2010); Thomas Keller (March 9, 2010); Tor Kenward (June 2, 2010); Kelsie Kerr (July 13, 2010); Kristine Kidd (June 24, 2010); David Kinch (May 15, 2010); Kathy King (June 3, 2010); Evan Kleiman (June 24, 2010); Roberta Klugman (April 7, December 14, 2010); Todd Koons (May 20, 2010); Sibella Kraus (May 28, June 18, 2010); Lars Kronmark (September 9, 2010; March 17, 2011); Pat Kuleto (May 27, 2010); Mourad Lahlou (May 20, 2010); Barbara Lazaroff (July 3, 2010); Christopher Lee (October 5, 2010); Bruce LeFavour (July 23, 2010); Bob Long (March 16, 2010); Emily Luchetti (May 25, 2010); Deborah Madison (June 26, 2010); Maggie Mah (July 2, 2010); Bruce Marder (June 24 2010); John Mariani (June 14, 2010); Mas Masumoto (August 25, 2010); Kazuto Matsusaka (July 5, 2010); Marsha McBride (May 19, 2010); Michael McCarty (June 11, 2010); Alice Medrich (June 3, 2010); Danny Meyer (May 3, 2010); Joe Miller (July 29, 2010); Mark Miller (June 17, 2010); Mary Sue Milliken (June 23, 2010); Karen Mitchell (July 20, 2010); Sam Mogannam (July 16, 2010); Margrit Biever Mondavi (July 19, 2010); Michael Mondavi (July 19, 2010); Jean-Pierre Moullé (April 6, 2010); Jim Nassikas (July 14, 2010); Udo Nechutnys (July 28, 2010); Bruce Neyers (July 5, 2010); Drew Nieporent (August 23, 2010); Bill Niman (July 1, 2010); Nancy Oakes (June 15, 2010); Bradley Ogden (July 22, 2010); Alex Ong (July 6, 2010); Philip Paine (July 24, 2010); Catherine Pantsios (June 25, 2010); Russ Parsons (June 28, 2010); Roland Passot (December 15, 2010); Daniel Patterson (May 13, 2010); Cindy Pawlcyn (March 17, 2010); Mark Peel (July 1, 2010); Mai Pham (July 9, 2010); Charles Phan (April 6, 2010); Joseph Phelps (July 23, 2010); Jim Poris (July 12, 2010); Andy Powning (April 7, 2010); Wolfgang Puck (July 27, 2010); René Redzepi (October 4, 2010); Jim Reichardt (July 6, 2010); Ruth Reichl (May 14, 2010); Michel Richard (June 24, 2010); Mary Risley (June 17, 2010); Dru Rivers (July 22, 2010); Judy Rodgers (May 20, 2010); Karola Saekel (April 7, 2010; deceased); Amelia Saltsman (June 29, 2010); Steve Sando (July 19, 2010); Shirley Sarvis (May 26, 2010); Sally Schmitt (July 21, 2010); Josh Schweitzer (July 15, 2010); Amaryll Schwertner (May 19, 2010); John Sedlar (July 30, 2010); Piero Selvaggio (June 25, 2010); Lindsey Shere (July 15, 2010); Nancy Silverton (March 30, 2010); Cass Calder Smith (June 18, 2010); Peggy Smith (June 1, 2010); Annie Somerville (April 1, 2010); Hiro Sone (March 23, 2010); Joachim Splichal (August 27, 2010); Mark Stech-Novak (November 1, 2010); Harvey Steiman (2010); Joy Sterling (July 15, 2010); Brian Streeter (May 27, 2010); Steve Sullivan (April 1, 2010); Alan Tangren (June 4, 2010); David Tanis (June 3, 2010); Staffan Terje (September 15, 2010); Rick Tombari (July 20, 2010); Jeremiah Tower (May 2, 2010); Suzanne Tracht (July 21, 2010); Mike Tuohy (June 16, 2010); Patricia Unterman (June 18, 2010); Sherry Virbila (June 29, 2010); Steve Vranian (June 28, 2010); Doug Washington (June 15, 2010); Alice Waters (May 10, 2010); Don Watson (July 7, 2010); Jonathan Waxman (May 3, 2010); Kathleen Weber (July 28, 2010); Warren Weber (July 1, 2010); Carolyn Wente (2010); Laura Werlin (May 31, 2010); Michael Wild (June 10, 2010); Bill Wilkinson (April 3, 2010; deceased); Denesse Willey (June 29, 2010); Victoria Wise (May 13, 2010); Clark Wolf (April 5, 2010); Diane Worthington (June 4, 2010); Tom Worthington (June 16, 2010); Sherry Yard (July 13, 2010); Hoss Zaré (December 21, 2010).
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