Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- FERRÁN ADRIÀ Horror in Gerona -- JOSÉ ANDRÉS All by Myself -- DAN BARBER Meet David Bouley -- MARIO BATALI The Last Straw -- MICHELLE BERNSTEIN Two Great Tastes That Taste Great Together -- HESTON BLUMENTHAL Lean Times at the Fat Duck -- DANIEL BOULUD On the Road Again -- ANTHONY BOURDAIN New Year's Meltdown -- JIMMY BRADLEY Ship of Fools -- SCOTT BRYAN If You Can't Stand the Heat -- DAVID BURKE White Lie -- SAMUEL CLARK A Simple Request -- TOM COLICCHIO The Traveling Chef -- SCOTT CONANT This Whole Place Is Slithering -- TAMASIN DAY-LEWIS Euphoria -- TOM DOUGLAS Hope for Snow -- WYLIE DUFRESNE Beastmaster -- JONATHAN EISMANN The Curious Case of Tommy Flynn -- CLAUDIA FLEMING The Blob -- GABRIELLE HAMILTON The Blind Line Cook -- FERGUS HENDERSON Genus Loci -- PAUL KAHAN (Not) Ready for My Close-Up -- HUBERT KELLER Just Add Water -- GIORGIO LOCATELLI An Italian in Paris -- MICHAEL LOMONACO A Night at the Opera -- PINO LUONGO A User's Guide to Opening -- MARY SUE MILLIKEN SUSAN FENIGER A Hamptons Restaurant &c Our Big Brake -- SARA MOULTON A Chef in the Family -- TAMARA MURPHY For the Birds -- CINDY PAWLCYN Chef's Table -- NEIL PERRY Our First Friday -- MICHEL RICHARD Alibi -- ERIC RIPERT You Really Ought to Think About Becoming a Waiter -- ALAIN SAILHAC You're in the Army Now -- Chill MARCUS SAMUELSSON The Big -- BILL TELEPAN Neverland -- LAURENT TOURONDEL Friends and Family -- TOM VALENTI The Trojan Cookie -- NORMAN VAN AKEN Shit Happens -- GEOFFREY ZAKARIAN The Michelin Man -- JAMIE OLIVER The End of Innocence -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on the Editors -- eCopyright.