Juliette Rossant

Wolfgang Puck

Barbara Lazaroff; Klaus Puck; Tom Kaplan, Bella Lantsman, Jannis Swerman, Irving Feintech, and Pam Korman; Maggie Robins; Joe Eassa, Carl Schuster, Kevin Charbonneau and Claire Britell; Rob Kautz, Don Karas, Irv Siegel, Steve Graz, Rebecca Miranda, Jason Budow, Andre Munoz, Norm Kolpas and Barbara Westfield; Sydney Silverman; Tom Moats and Lee Magnes.

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Charlie Palmer

Lisa Palmer; Craig Fuller; Kathy Perretta, Karen Chamberlain and Judy Lederman; Spero Plavoukos, Randy Scott, Robert Belcher and Tim Bartley; Andrew Bradbury; Joe Romano, Megan Romano, Dante Boccuzzi, Bryan Voltaggio, Mark Purdy and Dan Shannon.

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Todd English

Todd's mother, Wendy English; Gina Gargano; Jord Poster, Ken Cox and Sam Slattery; Joe Bremmer, Steve Mannino, Clay Conley, Victor LaPlaca, Chris Ainsworth, Todd Winer, Michael Ilic and Tony Cochones.

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Mary Sue Milliken & Susan Feniger

Josh Schweitzer; Carolllyn Bartosh; Chris Mortenson (and author-wife Lisa Kopelke) and Randy St.-Clair.

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Tom Colicchio

Lori Silverbush; Phil Colicchio; Bob Scott; Katie Mautner Grieco; Marco Canora and Chis Albrecht; Jason Lapin; Jocelyn Morse.

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Other Super Chefs and Chefs

Roy Yamaguchi of Roy's; Alan Wong of Alan Wong's Restaurant; Joachim and Christine Splichal and Octavio Becerra of the Patina Group; Nobu Matsuhisa, Gregorio Stephenson, Yukari Hirata-Elston and Ritchie Notar of Matsuhisa International; Mark Peel and Nancy Silverton of Campanile; Suzanne Goin of Lucques and A.O.C.; Mark Orfaly of Pigalle; Martin Yan of Yan Can Cook; Bradley Ogden of Lark Creek Group; Michael Mina of the Michael Mina Group; Debi Puccinelli of Aqua Development Corporation; Anne Gingrass of Desiree Cafe; Justine Miner of RNM; Thomas Keller of The French Laundry; Hiro Sone and Lissa Doumani of Terra; Mark Miller and Javier Escalera of ; Kerry Simon of Simon Bar & Kitchen; Jennifer Jasinski of Panzano; Robert Del Grande of Schiller Del Grande Restaurant Group; Paul Prudhomme and Shawn McBride of K-Paul; Robert Kirchoff; Barbara Lynch of No. 9 Park; Brad Stevens of Food Youth Project; Sara Moulton of the Food Network and Gourmet; Lidia Bastianich of Felidia; Alfred Portale of Gotham Bar & Grill; Rick Moonen of RM; David Burke of Park Avenue Cafe [now with J. Mannheimer, Inc.; Gerry Hayden of Amuse; Kerry Heffernan of Eleven Madison Park; Daniel Boulud, Georgette Farkas, Joel Smilow, and Lili Linton of the DINEX Group; Alain Ducasse, Michelle Bouillet-Escale, and Marianne Walsh of the Alain Ducasse Group; Larry Forgione and Justin Rashid of American Spoon Food; Jean-Georges Vongerichten of Jean-Georges Enterprises; Bobby Flay of Mesa Grille; Bill Rogers of NoHo Star; Douglas Rodriguez of O.L.A.; Scott Linquist of Dos Caminos Mexican Kitchen; Dennis Foy of Dennis Foy's; Luke Palladino of Specchio; Masaharu Morimoto and Don Fellner of Moridon; Jerry Bryan of Coastal Grill; Norman Van Aken and Carl Bruggemeier of Norman's; Jean-Andre Charial of l'Oustau de Baumanierere; Kajsa Dilger of Carlyle; Tinker Boe of Mood Food.

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Restaurateurs

Atsuyuki Tsukikawa of SOHO's Hospitality Group; Michael McCarty of Michael's's; Piero Selvaggio of Valentino; Micky Kanolzer of Palace Entertainment; Barbara McReynolds of L.A. Eyeworks; Kevin Finch of Dish; Deann Bayless of Frontera Grill; Rich Melman of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises; Gerald Centioli of Icon LLC; Sid Feltenstein (retired) of Yorkshire Global Restaurants (now Yum! Brands; Michela Larson of Sapphire Restaurant Group; Steve Hanson of B. R. Guest, Inc.; Danny Meyer, David Swinghamer, Jenny Zinman, and Cathy Clausing of Union Square Hospitality Group; Drew Nieporent and Tracy Nieporent of Myriad Restaurant Group; Buzzy O'Keeffe and Joe Delissio of River Cafe; Phil Suarez of Suarez Restaurant Group; Steve Tzolis of Periyali.

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Culinary Schoolmasters

Andre Soltner, Jacques Pepin, and Dorothy Hamilton of French Culinary Institute; Ferdinand Metz, Tim Ryan, and Ginny Mure of the Culinary Institute of America; Rick Smilow and Steve Zagor of the Institute of Culinary Education; Florence Berger and Kathy Dedrick of Cornell University's School of Hospitality.

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Experts on Food & Restaurants

Julia Child; Anne Willan and Janis McLean of La Varenne; Julie Duran of Fondation Auguste Escoffier; Michel Escoffier; Chuck Williams of Williams-Sonoma; Len Pickell and Caroline Stuart of the James Beard Foundation; Judy Gethers; Catherine Young; Tori Rogers Klein of Fork in the Road Marketing (now Maple Drive Restaurant); Rick DeMarco of Zyng Noodlery; Charles Baum of the Bartiste Group" (now with Avero, Inc.); Elizabeth Blau and Lisa Hoyt of Elizabeth Blau Associates; Bob Sutcliffe, Esq. of Digital Gene Technologies (now part of Neurome); David Rosengarten of the Rosengarten Report; Ariane Daguin and George Faison of D'Artagnan; Jim Koch and Michele Burchfield of Boston Beer Company; Elizabeth Carovillano of Whole Foods; Nick Valenti of Restaurant Associates; Frank Guidara of Au Bon Pain; Timothy McMahon of ConAgra; Alice Elliot of Elliot Associates; Dolf Berle of House of Blues; Allan Hickok of Piper Jaffray; Richard K. Miller of Richard K. Miller & Associates; Joe Chabus of Darden Restaurants; Walter Dunn of Coca-Cola; Barry Wine; Helene Siegel; Tom Warner; Martha Wright of Scott Paul Wines; Colette Rossant.

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Media & Entertainment

Ken Hertz and Niki Johnson of Goldring, Hertz & Lichtenstein LLP; David Jackel of Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman; Tom Ryder and Ellen Barker of Reader's Digest; George Lois of Lois/USA; Eric Ober of Global Information Group; Garry Grossman, Rob Weller, Debbie Supnik, Steven Lange, and Christine Cavalieri of Weller/Grossman Productions; Reese Schonfeld and Pat O'Gorman of Beauchamp Communications; Carrie Welch (now at Fortune) and Sangeeta Rao of the Food Network; Lou and Leslie Ekus of AirTymeCorp; Holly Jacobs of Buena Vista TV (now at Fox TV Studios>); Risa Saslow and David Roberson of The Wayne Brady Show; Laurel Lambert of KCET; Elise Bromberg of UPN; John Bard Manuluis and Lulu Zezza of Visionbox Media; Meyer Gottlieb of Samuel Goldwyn Company; Hector Elizondo, Jacqueline Obradors, and Mark Teitelbaum of Teitelbaum Artists Group; Robe Imbriano of Crystal Staircase Productions; Bruce Camber of Small Business School with Hattie Bryant; Kostas Metaxas of Exero Media; John Shoup of Great Chefs; Shep Gordon of Alive Entertainment; Rob Kenneally of Creative Artists Agency; Carl Bressler of Montana Artists Agency (now of Bressler Adventures and Strategic Endeavors); Perry Rogers of Agassi Enterprises; David Falk of SFX Sports Group; John Steinbach of TaylorMade; Neal Lenarsky, Adam Baumann, and Stacey Normandie of Strategic Transitions, Inc.; Arnold Peter of Littler Mendelson PC (now with Lord, Bissell, Brook LLP); Jonathan Fisher of Urban Angler; Angel Gil-Ordonez of the Post-Classical Ensemble; Tim Zagat of Zagat Surveys.

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Hospitality & Hotels

Gamal Aziz, Chuck Bowling, and Jenn Michaels of MGM Grand; Kevin Stuessi of Wynn Resorts; Hal Kolker of Pendragon Development LLC; Philip Kendall of Meadowood Napa Valley; Marc Ricci of Starwood Hotels & Resorts; Brian yots of Marriott International; Menze Heroian of Disney's Swan & Dolphin Hotel; Charles P. "Buddy" Darby and Ronnie Musselwhite of Kiawah Development Partners; Aynsley Wintrip of The Four Seasons; Michael Wilkings of MagiCorp Entertainment (now Lucid Entertainment); Edie Bornsten of Cunard (now of Carnival Cruise Lines); Ramsey Mankarious of Kingdom Holding; Paolo Petrone of Terraved Management; Tom La Tour of Kimpton Group; Larry Meltzer of LSG Sky Chef; Marco Degl'Innocenti of the Inn at National Hall; John Assumma of Waccabuc Country Club; Cinda Poulsen of the International College of Hospitality "Cesar Ritz".

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Architects & Designers

Eddie Sotto of SOTTO Inc. Studios; Mark Fuller of Wet Design; Peter Bentel and Rob Costello of Bentel & Bentel Architects; Joan MacKeith of Rockwell Group; Eric Engstrom of Engstrom Design Group; Tony Chi and Tammy Chou of Tony Chi Design; Adam Tihany and Adriana Gelves of Tihany Design; James Rossant of James Rossant Architects; Tomas Rossant of Polshek Partnership Architects.

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Business Experts

David A. Aaker; Bruce Stein of Westridge Consulting LLC; Ichak Adizes of the Adizes Institute; Bruce Hodes of Contextual Management Institute; Selwyn Joffe of Motorcar Parts & Accessories; Dr. Robert Koblin; Don Stone of Stonekelly; Charles Cohen of Cohen Brothers Reality Corporation; Bryan Earl of American Woodworks.

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Charity

Pam Korman of the American Wine & Food Festival; Maryanne Bloomfield of Citymeals-on-Wheels; Gail Margolis (now of the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles) and Charles Spaulding of Scleroderma Research Foundation.

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Press

Michael and Ariane Batterberry of Food Arts; Dana Cowin, Susan Choung, Melissa Lynch, Elizabeth Curtis, Elisa Shevitz, Salma Abdelnour, and Kate Heddings of Food & Wine; Ruth Reichl and Jocelyn Zuckerman of Gourmet; Barbara Fairchild of Bon Appetit; Richard Martin of Nation's Restaurant News; Peter Elliot of Bloomberg; Laurie Ochoa of LA Weekly; Alison Arnett of The Boston Globe; Tom Sietsema of The Washington Post; Susan Radlauer of People; Annie Post of Slammed; Bruce Shenitz and Eric Chandler of Out; Donna Fenn of INC; Arthur Lubow of The New Yorker.

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PR & Events

Jennifer Baum and Susan Gross of Bullfrog & Baum; Melissa Fields (now of M Fields Associates) and Ariane Yazdan (now with Rubinstein PR) of Yazdan & Fields; Julie Fox and Alyssa Holzman of Julie Fox Communications; Elaine Driscoll of Regan Communications; Mimi Gorin of R/A Performance Group; Alan Segan and Holly Fussell of Rubinstein PR; Amy Voll and Sharon Bowers of First Name Media; Stephanie Wilson (now of Tangerine Lounge & Nightclub at Treasure Island of Kirvin Communications (now Kirvin Doak); Sam Folsom of Welles Folsom; Christine Ziccardi of Magnet Communications; Michael Weisberg; Sharon Cook of Cook PR; Frank Flynn of Verite Communications.

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Books

Some of these books were sources, while others inspired -- Timothy Shaw, The World of Escoffier; Anne Willan, Great Cooks and Their Recipes: From Taillevent to Escoffier; Patric Kuh, Last Days of Haute Cuisine; William Echikson, Burgundy Stars; Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Near A Thousand Tables; Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation; Patrick Terrail, A Taste of Hollywood.

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Libraries and Bookstores

The Los Angeles Public Library systems for both books and online services, particularly the in-depth online Los Angeles Times database; Dartmouth College Digital Library for Alumni; Myra Weinberg of the National Restaurant Association Library; Cookbooks by Janis Jarvits (Pasdena, CA); Cook's Library (West Los Angeles); and Kitchen Arts & Letters (New York).

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Special Mention

Special mention goes to: Jacques Pepin, David Falk, Joachim Splical, Christine Splichal, Octavio Becerra, Daniel Boulud, Georgette Farkas, and Len Pickell for their insight and comments, as well as Michael and Ariane Batterberry for covering these chefs so well for so many years, first in Food & Wine and then at Food Arts.

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