1.   Creative chefs top potatoes with smoked salmon or caviar, or shred raw potatoes as a coating for baked fish or shrimp.

2.   But Herme approaches pastry as a creative chef would approach any dish.

3.   Creative chefs make their mark here.

4.   Creative chefs are pouring liquor onto steaks and seafood and into barbecue sauce and desserts.

5.   Creative chefs, too, are showing new respect for the old fruit.

6.   In that respect, he is emblematic of creative chefs in the furiously competitive modern culinary world, for whom resilience is often a condition of survival.

7.   The final cut ranges from grand hotels to family gut-filler shacks, from places with creative chefs to spots where the recipes are older than the town.

8.   The same entrepreneurial excitement is palpable again, and the city has more of a mix of high-end restaurants, and more movement among kitchens by creative chefs.

9.   There, creative chefs were putting their own spin on New American cuisine, and tropical fruits added a native touch.