The Lee Bros. Contemplate a Pop-Up Restaurant

by Kat Kinsman, Posted Sep 11th 2009 @ 4:00PM

There are seasoned restaurateurs and there are talented cookbook auteurs. The twain aren't always possessed of the same skill set -- no one was expecting James Beard to jump on the line when the saucier called in sick at Chart House, nor was Julia going to be summoned to expedite at her favored Santa Barbara haunt, La Super Rica Taqueria -- but food fetishists can dare to dream. Think of it as culinary fantasy football, mulling over the cookbooks we'd like to see writ real and sit-down-in-able.

I posed the notion of a pop-up restaurant to Matt Lee and Ted Lee., co-authors of my all-time most beloved (and stained) cookbook, the James Beard Award winning "The Lee Bros. Southern Cooking," and the upcoming "Simple Fresh Southern" and they shared their menu wish list and locale in the video above. (By the way, the first guy is Ted. People get that mixed up all the time.)

Which non-restaurant chef's cookbook would you like to see turned into an eatery, even for just a single meal? Let us know in the comments below.

Filed Under: Chefs & Restaurants, Restaurants
Tags: cookbooks, kat kinsman, KatKinsman, lee bros. southern cooking, lee brothers, LeeBros.SouthernCooking, LeeBrothers, matt lee, MattLee, pop-up restaurant, pop-up store, Pop-upRestaurant, Pop-upStore, simple fresh southern, SimpleFreshSouthern, ted lee, TedLee

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9-11-2009 @9:44PM Amy Beth said... Virginia Willis - Bon Appetit, Y'all. :)
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9-12-2009 @1:56AM Kat Kinsman said... I'd never seen that book before you mentioned it right here and I am compelled to go order a copy. Thanks!
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