On 2010-09-29, Christine Dabney > wrote:

> Eric Ripert has now involved himself in this....

He's entitled to his own opinion, but I think it a bit disingenuous.
"Nothing personal against Gordon Ramsey, but...." Sure, pal.

Isn't the kitchen of a great chef the last PC domain of the true petty
tyrant? Ever since I heard my first stories about France and being
apprenticed to any chef worth apprenticing to, all I've heard about is
abuse stories so horrific as to make one's veggie peeler curl.

If one is to learn anything about the professional cooking landscape
from books like Kitchen Confidential, it's that it's the world of the
social misfit. The losers, nut cases, whack jobs, and social
outcasts. My few flirtations with this world seem to support this
perception (you know me! . Is it any wonder, then, that a few may
finally lose it? As usual, the media is jes flogging some old item
for sensationalism's sake. IOW, jes dirty laundry.

nb