371278 Wed Feb 14 18:11:10 -0800 2007 1 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 2294042 All, any idea if the Bay area is a host to any of the new scientific chefs? Dufresne or Homaro Cantu etc? Would love to go for a tasting menu meal at these guys' restaurants Any chef here in the bay area playing with Liquid Nitrogen etc? :) Wed Feb 14 18:11:10 -0800 2007 74022 pvmurthy 1 2294057 No. Antidote closed. Closest thing these days might be Coi. I think Heston Blumenthal has the explanation: "If I could get perfect vegetables, I wouldn't need to do all this." http://www.ryanadams.org/Thread.aspx?ID=251631 Wed Feb 14 18:17:53 -0800 2007 2294042 11369 Robert Lauriston