Going to go with "Chefs I grew up watching" as a curveball, and to avoid the veritable flood of current choices. 😂
And yes, one of the three is... questionable, due to allegations. But I learned so much of how to cook from those shows/books. Mixed feelings, for sure.

Relevant to @redbeardflynn.bsky.social , a Discord conversation I had a while back with a friend when they beat Expedition 33:

Started with the Mentzer Redbox that was a gift. Never actually played with people until muuuuuch later in life.

Checkmate

I know I'm late to the game as far as getting some of these things done, but just finished my first full Legendary set in Guild Wars 2.

Man, I need a break before I pick back up working on Aurora.

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,383,145!

They *never* lived up to their potential, and they never had enough of them lined up at the same time and healthy, but the "bunch of kids" lineups that the Clippers rolled out in the early-mid 2000s were just so much fun. Imagining what would happen if they got it all together.