some good news for us foodies…

I was fortunate to go to Alinea in January 2007; this was before people found out about Grant Achatz’s cancer.  He was on this week’s Top Chef and had this to say on the web site:

My health is great. I am one year out of treatment and still in remission. The past year has been an amazing learning experience for me in terms of the way taste works. It has certainly made me a better chef. I now have the most intimate knowledge of flavor, and am able to process it in a more intellectual way than before.

Grant is the most inventive chef in America right now, and (I think) stands with Ferran Adria and Heston Blumenthal on the world stage.  The entry fee for the Alinea experience is very high, but worth every penny.