Dear Meredith:
I have a mad mad crush on Eric Ripert, the chef and co-owner of Le Bernardin in New York. Yes, I've featured him on this site before. But now he's on the small screen, with a cooking show, featuring Eric Ripert being inspired by nature and then cooking a dish based on this inspiration. In the link below, however, Alan Richman of GQ takes Eric Ripert to Costco (ie, NOT nature) to see his reaction.
Some choice quotations:
I am freaked out. Costco depresses me. I know everybody doesn’t have the same opportunities I do to visit farm stands and little markets, but I will fight to the end for inspirational shopping. Costco doesn’t even look like it belongs on our planet. It could be on the moon.
Alan asks me to push the cart, and I will not. Yes, I know I am being a spoiled brat, but for me it is an acceptance of the system. I do not want to be seen as somebody who supports this kind of store and this kind of system.
I just don't push shopping carts because I am lazy.
Avec Alan
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