Mark Steuer called me a jackass.
Key Ingredient was a cooking show produced by then-Reader staffer Julia Thiel and food writer/filmmaker Michael Gebert, in which Chicago’s baddest chefs challenged their colleagues to redeem unusual, underappreciated, or often abhorrent ingredients by showcasing them in beautiful plated dishes that might or might not have been edible.
And then he called me a jackass, and got to work.
Still, the chef found time to shoot his video, which you can watch online after a brief introduction to the reboot—from me. In it, I’m sheltering in a secret location that is in no way an illegal speakeasy, wearing one of the elaborate disguises I used to adopt whenever I’d go out on a restaurant review.
Who’s next:
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