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Chefs Detail How They Learned the Craft

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On this Thanksgiving Day, some of the best chefs in the country and listeners talk about how they learned to cook and what inspired them. They also recount some of their culinary highs and lows.

Guests:

Mary Sue Milliken, co-chef and co-owner of the Border Grill restaurants in Santa Monica and Las Vegas and Ciudad restaurant in downtown Los Angeles; contributed essay to How I Learned To Cook called "Early Riser"

Chris Schlesinger, owner of the East Coast Grill in Cambridge, Mass; contributed essay to How I Learned To Cook called "Catching the Wave"

José Andrés, chef and owner of several restaurants in Washington, D.C., including Jaleo and Café Atlantico; "Boiling Point" is the name of his essay in How I Learned To Cook

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