15 number of cooks in a Cheesecake Factory kitchen each Saturday night
10 number of cooks in the kitchen of L’Auberge Chez François Saturday night
7 number of cooks in the kitchen of Equinox Saturday night
4 number of cooks in the kitchen of Gerard Pangaud Bistro Saturday night
1,950 calories in an individual deep-dish veggie pizza at Uno Chicago Grill
1,140 calories in a Baja Fresh Chicken Tostada Salad
683 calories in a Cosi Signature Salad with shallot-sherry dressing
300 calories in a McDonald’s cheeseburger
2,000 copies of Cucina of Le Marche by Fabio Trabocchi sold (published October 2006)
5,000 copies of The New American Cooking by Joan Nathan sold (published October 2005)
20,000 copies of Tapas by José Andrés sold in the United States (published November 2005)
14,000 copies of Happy in the Kitchen by Michel Richard sold (published September 2006)
17,000 copies of Patrick O’Connell’s Refined American Cuisine sold (published September 2004)
Sales figures provided by Nielsen BookScan
This article appeared in the May, 2008 issue of The Washingtonian.
Ann Limpert joined Washingtonian in late 2003. She was previously an editorial assistant at Entertainment Weekly and a cook in New York restaurant kitchens, and she is a graduate of the Institute of Culinary Education. She lives in Petworth.
