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I don't know where to put this, so I'll let Don move it to wherever is appropriate. I was watching the Julie and Julia movie on TV last night, and it struck me that Julia Child is one of our greatest culinary legends. If there was a Mount Rushmore of Cuisine, she would be on it. And then I thought....who else? In my mind, of course James Beard has to be on the Mount Rushmore of Cuisine. And since Mount Rushmore is truly American, the other two culinary giants would have to be American or else have had a significant impact on American gastronomy. So who joins Julia Child and James Beard on our Mount Rushmore of Cuisine? I would vote for Jacques Pepin as the third, and then throw it open for the fourth face on the mountain -- Thomas Keller? Maybe the best chef in America today, but is he the best chef in America ever? Anthony Bourdain? Game-changing book about the professional kitchen and then killing it on CNN. Betty Crocker? Not even a real person, but who can deny that brand? Maybe, as with our recent discussion of the best burger in DC, this merits a Rockwellian poll?
