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Friday, April 14, 2006 

Mexican Chefs Who DON'T Cook Mexican

Immigrants and illegal immigrants in the U.S. are real hot topics right now. Demonstrations in the streets; politicians weighing in; the related issues of border “security,” terrorism, international job outsourcing, racism and ethnic profiling right behind. But I haven’t seen too many headlines about one simple fact: If no one hired illegals, there'd be a lot less motivation to come to the states to begin with. Certainly bears discussion for who's REALLY to blame for the current situation...

As the topics here are dedicated to food & music, I'll do my best to keep on track, but this is one I’ve been been wanting to address for quite some time: Mexican chefs I know - with literally thousands of "American" fans - who cook anything BUT Mexican cuisine.

A JOB THAT NOBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO? We've heard our head "Fearless Unbending Cocky King" (you can figure out the abbreviation) George W. say that immigrants do jobs "nobody else wants," but one thing's for sure - he's not talking about being a chef. The chef is THE king (or queen) at a restaurant. Chef is a French word, derived from “chief”; the boss. There are other definitions of a what a chef is (School or no school? Big resume or no resume?), but whenever somebody says to me “Hey - aren’t you that singing cook?” or “How do you like being a cook?”, here's what they hear from me: “A cook takes orders – a chef gives 'em.”

More to come...

11:27 AM |

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