The book recounts four Cook It Raw gatherings in Denmark, Japan, Italy and Finland in lush photography, email exchanges, recipe descriptions and entertaining essays by Jeffrey Steingarten, Anthony Bourdain and others.

WSJ: Collaboration: Master Chefs Gone Wild | Off Duty Spring 50

The list includes the best known names in the world of restaurant reviews, such as Gael Greene, Jeffrey Steingarten, John Mariani and Andrew Knowlton, and Wells took the bronze medal against this elite competition.

FORBES: Tables Turned - Top Chefs Review Pete Wells And Other Restaurant Critics

I'm down with Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue's food writer, who says that the carapace of super-fatty beef that curves around the top of most rib-eye cuts is the best there is (though a case can be made for the tender smaller side of a Porterhouse or T-bone).

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