Saturday, November 03, 2007
Ask a Chef: Nate Appleman
This is a first in a series of features we're calling "Ask A Chef". For our very first SeeUsEat interview, Nate Appleman, of the ever-popular and truly delicious, A16, was kind enough to answer some questions for us via email. We can't wait to try out his new restaurant, SPQR.
Enjoy the interview!:
What's your favorite kitchen tool?
A calculator and 10 inch cleaver.
What's your favorite cookbook?
The river cottage meat cookbook.
What chef do you most admire?
Alice Waters
What's your favorite dish that your mom makes/made?
Stewed green beans with salt pork and potatoes.
What's your food philosophy (in a sentence or two)?
Local, whole animal, sustainable, simple.
What's your favorite dish to cook at home?
Fried chicken.
What do you think is the best food city?
What's your favorite kitchen trick/tip?
Pre-salting everything.
What's your favorite (non-cook) book?
Don’t have one.
If you were not a chef, what would you be?
Butcher
What do you view as the most challenging ingredient to work with?
Cardoons
Do you have any new projects in the works?
I just opened a new restaurant called SPQR and a third restaurant is in the works.
Ninja or Pirate?
Pirate: rough, tough and down and dirty.
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