Too Many Chefs

Todd, I hate to have to mention this in public, but if you read the "Too Many Chefs Style Manual", you'll see that we always refer to R.W. Apple as "magnificent bastard R.W. Apple".

Unlimited expense account? Yikes.

Yeah, they say that when he first went over to Rome as a younger reported he checked into the nicest hotel and ate like a king. He just kept spending, and the Times kept paying.

A friend met him at the Souther Foodways conference once. It's a funny story, but requires timing and voices that I can't convey on the page. If we ever meet in person, I'll tell you the story.