I feel honored to post this link to Chris Cosentino's website and food blog. After perusing his cool photos and watching the videos on his site, I was compelled to write a comment. It's humbling to have him post this comment (along with some scary other ones) in his latest blog entry.
Everything I said, I mean whole-heartedly... except for misnaming Fergus Henderson as Ferguson (somehow I consolidated his 2 names into one).
Please do take the time to explore the different areas of Chris' website. It is an interesting place in itself. While offering page selections for press and events and bio information on Cosentino, it is maintained mostly to promote the use of the 'fifth quarter' or offal or 'the nasty bits' (as Bourdain calls them) as a necessary element of cuisine (as well as a respect level for the animals we kill and as a part of human survival throughout civilization). This is the uniqueness of the site... existing more for the purpose of Cosentino's chosen passion instead of for the chef himself. It isn't called chriscosentino.com but offalgood.com. Plus, he reminds me of guys I used to work with when I attended culinary school in Rhode Island... which seems like a very long time ago now.
It also makes me want to do a 'Fifth Quarter' dinner in the near future... but as always the question is 'how will it be received, and will no one eat it, and will it become garbage the next day?' I guess we can always grind it up and shove it in pig intestines... the customary way to enjoy it!