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May 2002 weblog entries (kottke.org)
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"...is a weblog about the liberal arts 2.0 edited by Jason Kottke since March 1998 ( archives ). You can read about me and kottke.org here . If you've got questions, concerns, or interesting links, send them along .
Entries for May 2002
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A visit to the French Laundry
It all began innocently enough with a book. As Meg read The Soul of a Chef , she kept interrupting me on the plane, "Thomas Keller is a perfectionist freak. We have to go eat at The French Laundry . It sounds soooo amazing." I smiled and nodded, going back to my reading each time, not really knowing if she was serious or not. For Christmas, I got her The French Laundry Cookbook . Soon after, the French Laundry Fund was started, saved pennies, quarters and dollar bills with an eye on going to Yountville to dine on Thomas Keller's perfections.
Dollars and coins piled up in the Fund jar. A reservation was made two months in advance, the soonest they take reservations at the restaurant. Friends were enlisted to go along. It was to be an event. We were going to eat art.
It was the best meal I have ever had. Twelve courses in all, each one a little bit of perfection leading you smoothly into the next course. I ate things I generally don't care for -- carrots, lobster, sea bass, and bone marrow -- and I couldn't get enough. The service was great as well; course, pause, course, pause, bread, pause, course...it was well-timed without seeming mechanical. Our server had worked in the kitchen as a chef for a couple years so he entertained us with little tidbits about the food, Keller, and the inner workings of the restaurant during our 3 1/2 hour meal.
As we were reluctantly leaving at the end of the meal, our server followed us out to the foyer. "Would you like to go back and meet Thomas?" We huddled by the d"
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