Zippy P wrote:
>> Some of the most highly-ranked restaurants in the world feature
>> cuisine which is simple at heart, but which is prepared *perfectly*.
>> That's difficult to accomplish, and I think that's what Julia can
>> aspire to. I think Julia's great strength is that she has an
>> ironclad grip on the basics of cooking, where some of the other
>> contenders definitely do not.
>
> Heh.. OR it means that the patrons of Hell's Kitchen aren't all that
> high class after all. Shocking.
>
> Reminds me of the Collier short story about the chef who serves a
> high-end food critic some downhome mashed potatoes (and then kills
> her with fugu).

Actually Josh f***'d up the mash potatoes (Or was that that Brad?) They
looked like GLUE. Yeah, right, plate a bunch of that glop! How basic are
mashed potatoes? But hmmm, they were serving them in Hell's Kitchen so I
don't think steak is a stretch.

Jill