Here's a wonderful video of Michael and Ariane Batterberry. They "discovered" me in Friday Harbor, asked me to write about what I was doing at Canlis restaurant, and put me on the masthead of Food Arts as a contributing editor. Thanks to Michael's recommendation that I keep a journal of my experiences cooking in several restaurants in New York for one week, I won the James Beard Award for best food story of the year in 2000. Thanks to them, I have had the most amazing opportunities of my career. Michael passed away earlier this month. Watching this video is like having a bit of Michael's spirit back:
Michael and Ariane Batterberry