A real-life “Top Chef”
December 14, 2009 § Leave a comment
As anyone who has ever devoured an episode of Top Chef knows, even if you can’t taste the food, cooking competitions can be a sensual feast to watch: the thrilling mix of colors and textures; the urgent rhythm of knife work and quiet fluidity of kitchen choreography; the mounting tension as empty plates and persnickety palates await; the pleasure of presentation — the imagined tastes and aromas — followed by the painfully attenuated moment of judgment. And then there are all of those riveting chef personalities …
In Brief: “Knives at Dawn” by Andrew Friedman (The Barnes & Noble Review)
Amy Reiter 
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