A Wild Odyssey with the Worlds Greatest Chef
At midlife, food writer Jeff Gordinier felt like he was sleepwalking. His marriage was crumbling, and he\u2019d lost his professional purpose. Then he got a curious invitation: Ren\xe9 Redzepi, the superstar head chef and co-owner of Noma, in Copenhagen, one of the world\u2019s most influential restaurants, asked Gordinier to join him on a quest to Mexico to find exceptional tacos. Thus began a yearslong series of global adventures\u2014foraging for sandpaper figs in Australia, diving for shellfish in the Arctic, seeking cochinita pibil in a remote part of the Yucatan\u2014that reawakened Gordinier passion for both life and food. In his book Hungry, Gordinier describes how Redzepi\u2019s raw energy and philosophy of constantly moving forward were an intoxicant as well as a kind of medication. For this episode, Outside\u2019s Michael Roberts spoke with Gordinier about the wildest moments along his journeys with Redzepi and his new habit of saying yes to just about everything.