What does it mean to be a chef in Los Angeles in 2017?

Jonathan Gold on what professional cooking in Los Angeles means
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • April 30, 2017
You know what a Los Angeles chef looks like, right? She’s the one tweezing pea shoots and celery-root chips onto a bowl of quinoa, lacto-fermenting turnips or scattering wildflowers onto a cheese pizza. Unless he’s the dude slamming carne asada...
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