31.   He had met her years before, when he cooked at Ma Maison in Los Angeles.

32.   He cooked at the more casual cafe upstairs from Chez Panisse, but was fascinated by the desserts being turned out by Lindsey Shere downstairs.

33.   He might cook chocolate at a high temperature and low pressure, or the reverse.

34.   He travels widely to cook at charity events across the nation.

35.   He went back to cooking at Miracle Grill, where he was discovered by Jerome Kretchmer, the restaurant impresario behind Gotham Bar and Grill.

36.   He next moved to Los Angeles, where he cooked at Bice in Beverly Hills.

37.   Here in Blagoveshchensk, residents have learned to appreciate spicy Chinese cooking at restaurants with names like The Great Wall and Black Dragon.

38.   He zigged to New York and cooked at Park Avenue Cafe, then zagged back to San Francisco to work for Traci Des Jardins at Rubicon.

39.   His sous-chef, Matt Reguin, is now in charge of the kitchen, while another alumnus, Scott Ehrlich, cooks at both aKa and Alias.

40.   I wanted to arrive in time to rest up for one final day of cooking at Le Cordon Bleu.