Writing a book isn't easy, especially if you're a cook working the line all day. Dan Barber, the acclaimed chef and author of The Third Plate, knows this very well. In this animated clip of an interview from our podcast 'The Eater Upsell,' the Blue Hill chef reveals his unlikely source of writerly inspiration.
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