Anticipating Per Se

Do you remember that feeling of anticipation you would get as a child the weeks and nights before a family vacation? That pure excitement that would keep you up all night bouncing off the walls, while making your parents reconsider the reasons why they were even taking you. That's me! I'm going to be 27 in two weeks and I have admittedly been loosing sleep at night in anticipation for my gift to self birthday present. Per Se is Thomas Keller's New York Michelin 3 star urban interpretation of the French Laundry. Which according to the San Pellegrino 50 best restaurant list is number 6 in the World and the best restaurant in the United States. Thomas Keller's French Laundry Cook Book is probably the single most influential piece of material to my career. It changed the way I cook, the way view dinning, and the way I think about ingredients. His restaurants are like mecca to me and I'm making a Pilgrimage on the 23rd of March.

First Blog Ever... Hello!!!!

So this is my first blog ever! First things first, the name "The Fond" for you non culinary minded readers. The fond is the little tid bits left in the bottom of a pan that us chefs deglaze with some sort of liquid and turn into a sauce.. Its the yummy goodness that my french chef and mentor Marcel called the gasoline of the kitchen. I had picked this name for my first restaurant but a restaurant in Edwardsville IL got to it first. I guess I'll have to live with it just gracing the title of my blog. Maybe I'll review that restaurant in the near future! Watch out I'm out for vengeance!