Culinary Big-Wigs, Alice Waters, Julia Child, Ferran Adria

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We hear from a select group of food-world superstars. The legendary restaurant Chez Panisse turns 40 this week. We see a new side of Alice Waters as she steps into the DJ booth with KCRW DJ Tom Schnabel. Alex Prud'homme, grand-nephew of Julia Child gives us a glimpse of Julia Child in France, where she first fell in love with food and cooking. Jonathan Gold takes on Wolfgang Puck, and Ruth Reichl discusses how she used disguises to shield her identity as restaurant critic of the New York Times. Mark Bittman and Michael Pollan reveal the food-rules they live by, and Coleman Andrews discusses the pioneer of Molecular Gastronomy, Ferran Adrià.