David Bouley and Dan Berger serve fresh food for thought with Dorothy Hamilton at Brooklyn Book Fest
French Culinary Institute founder and CEO Dorothy Hamilton, author of Chef's Story (Ecco Press; April, 2007) and host of the PBS series by the same name, appeared at the Brooklyn Book Festival 2007 to grill two of America's top chefs, David Bouley and Dan Berger, who were featured in Hamilton's book and PBS series. Responding to a question about influences on their lives, David Bouley and then Dan Berger both told stories about their grandmothers. Hamilton asked Berger about working in Bouley's kitchen on the fish line once when Bouley told him to 'talk to the fish,' which Bouley responded to by explaining it is important to 'talk to the fish' in order to cook fish to perfection. Bouley stressed the importance of local, organic products with which to make a meal, and Dan Berger described the new trend toward better products, which ultimately will lead to better food. Bouley followed with a spontaneous discourse on the wonders of vegetables. Dan Berger was asked to describe the chaos of working in Bouley's kitchen, and Bouley responded by describing the method to his madness. Bouley and Berger went on to talk about their hobbies; the challenges of cooking for diabetics and other specialty diets; the politics of foie gras; and closed the interview with plugs for their restaurants.
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