Daniel Rose
All of New York seems to be talking about the new restaurant, Le Coucou, by chef Daniel Rose. Fortunately, Daniel\u2019s son and B\xe9n\xe9dicte\u2019s daughter attended the same nursery school, and after a playdate one day, a podcast recording was arranged. Daniel has led an incredible life\u2013\u2013a Chicago native, he studied philosophy in France before opening several successful French restaurants in Paris. Our late-afternoon conversation at Le Coucou was so fascinating that we recorded right through our planned ap\xe9ro.\xa0
We spoke about modernizing traditional French cuisine (7:51), expanding traditional French food internationally (22:48), Daniel\u2019s dream of eating ortolan (10:57), and why Americans love the Big Mac (10:04).