What happens when all-star chefs get in bed with Big Food?
by Mike Sula
Almost two years ago a minor food media scandal erupted when a website called Snackpicks.com, owned by Kellogg's, published a pair of recipes purportedly written by Grant Achatz. If "Chef Grant Achatz's Ham and Curry Toppers" and "Chef Grant Actatz' [sic] Sweet Potato Toppers"—snacks built on Keebler crackers—seemed beneath the talents of the creator of Black Truffle Explosion and Pheasant, Shallot, Cider, Burning Oak Leaves, matters were made even more ignoble when the site misspelled the chef's name.…[ Read more ]