While fonio cools, bring a large pot of water to a boil over medium-high.

How much effort you put into something vs. how much value you get from it.It's not always proportional.

We never used to look at it that way.We'd just be like, "Oh, that's fine.There's so much more responsibility that we now have to deliver and to do something really well.

We are much more focused, which has actually just created so much more bandwidth for our organization..The book says dream first, details later, not details never.. You wrote in the book about what happens when somebody says no and how to turn that no into a positive and quickly turn on your heels to open up some other door or avenue.

Now you're in a position where you're the one saying no.

What's that like?.Katianna Hong—The Charter Oak, St. Helena, California.

"We share our garden with Meadowood, and we have that same mentality of trying to highlight seasonal ingredients.We want to have technique in there, but in a subtle way that allows for a really fun, celebratory, shared dining experience.".

Katianna Hong is intense.She was a competitive gymnast until the age of 15, so the discipline of professional kitchens held a certain familiar allure.