An American Michelin guide is incredibly exciting and a testimony to the evolution of our dining culture, |
Chuck appreciates things that will last a lifetime. |
Dining in the bar or lounge is easy and friendly and spontaneous and lively. What's not to like about that? |
It took a man to help us understand cooking is not a woman's drudgery. It took a man to show us that it could be fulfilling and wonderful. |
It will be very powerful if it measures restaurants according to dining standards here, and doesn't just judge the wall sconces. |
It's alchemy and chemistry and farming and hard work. Really hard work. |
It's one of America's food capitals. New Orleans gave us a sense that there could be a regional American food style. |
Now you can have a small taste of beer or wine and a bit of food to go with it without the emotional commitment of dining in a regular restaurant. |
One of the things that gives me comfort is that these people have restaurants in Las Vegas, Orlando and elsewhere -- that they have the wherewithal to survive this, |