Tom Colicchio was named the best chef in America by the James Beard Foundation in 2000, has been the lead judge on Bravo's 'Top Chef' since the show premiered in 2006, and has been funny on Twitter (@Tom Colicchio) since 2010. Books mentioned in this episode: - Tom Colicchio, Think Like a Chef (Clarkson Potter, 2007). - Jacques Pepin, New Complete Techniques (Black Dog & Leventhal). [Colicchio actually discusses Pepin’s La Technique, which was published in 1978, is now out of print, and was the foundation for New Complete Techniques.] - Frederic Morin, Joe Beef: Surviving the Apocalypse: Another Cookbook of Sorts (Knopf, 2018).