Must Read

This is a must read article about the restaurant Alinea and it's chef Grant Achatz. It is a truly inspiring story about an amazing chef. The article is long but it is well written and a good read. It is detailed on so many levels. Grant Achatz is young and very talented, the kind of talent that you have to be born with and can't be learn. Ironically and tragically he is battling tongue cancer. He chose not to cut out his tongue because he didn't want to lose his taste buds so instead he is undergoing alternative methods and treatment. I believe a man who has such will to work in a kitchen and such perseverance to be one of the best will be able to pull through this. I wish him the best, even though he doesn't know me. It would be a sad sad day in the kitchen without him.

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/05/12/080512fa_fact_max