Meeting Masaharu Morimoto

Our short meet and greet was at Sur La Table in Santana Row in San Jose. I left work early, drove an hour through traffic and caught the last half of his cooking demo. I quicky ducked into the store, bought his new book, The New Art of Japanese Cooking. After which, I stood in line with the rest. It took about another 1/2 hour before I actually got to shake the Chef's hand. Without hesitation, I proclaimed, "You're my favorite Iron Chef!" He quickly answered, "Ya, me too!!"

What a great guy! I am enjoying the book and look forward to trying his recipes!