Behind the Line
Topic: On the Job
Ingredients
What is the one summer ingredient you wait for each year?
- Randy Zweiban
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Province and Province Phoenix
- Chicago, IL
TOMATOES!! Especially heirlooms for salds and to cook with!
- Gerard Craft
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Niche Restaurant and BRASSERIE by niche
- St. Louis, MO
Peaches. Waiting for peaches is like gambling. Some years they are just OK. But when you get a perfect year, peaches are the single most exciting ingredient of the year. Juicy, sweet, well-balanced...
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- Jeremy Kittelson
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Denver, Colorado
I'm an Iowa boy, corn. I guess it's in my blood.
- Kevin Nashan
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Sidney Street Cafe
- Saint Louis, Missouri
jewel melons
- Nathan Sears
- Chef de Cuisine
- Vie
- Western Springs, IL
Tomatoes. I remember growing up and eating tomatoes right off out of my grandpa's garden. Nothing makes me happier than a ripe tomato and a slat shaker. I would say 3 days a week I eat so many toma...
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- Mark Steuer
- Executive Chef
- The Bedford
- Chicago, IL
corn... i love sweet corn.
- Edward Lee
- Executive Chef
- 610 Magnolia
- Louisville, KY
sage and chervil blossoms. They bloom for about 2 weeks every summer and they add a lovely dimension to salads and desserts.
- Jason McLeod
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Box Tree Restaurant, Inc
- San Diego, CA
Tomatoes, whats better than a perfectly ripe tomato amazing olive oil, salt and pepper i eat them like an apple...
- Carrie Nahabedian
- Executive Chef/Owner
- NAHA
- Chicago, IL
WHITE DONUT PEACHES
- Adam Seger
- Mixologist
- Hum Spirits Co.
- Chicago, IL
Indian blood peaches from Goldbud farms. Brought to me by Tom Cornille of Cornille & Sons produce.
- Geoff Rhyne
- Sous Chef
- FIG
- Charleston, SC
Tomatoes!!! Damn they're good
- Jill Barron
- Executive Chef/Owner
- MANA food bar
- Chicago, IL
white beets
- Phillip Foss
- Executive Chef/Owner
- EL Ideas
- Chicago, IL
Tomatoes.
- Cary Taylor
- Executive Chef
- The Southern and The Southern Mac & Cheese Store
- Chicago, IL
Purple Wax beans from Nichols farm
- Paul Fehribach
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Big Jones
- Chicago, IL
Oh god, I wait for them all. Strawberries, blueberries, cherries, zucchini, tomatoes, sweet corn, melons, marjoram, lovage... Come on, I can't just do one here!