Grilled: 2008 Taste of the Nation

Spike Mendelsohn, Mai House

Who is your favorite TV cook?
Anthony Bourdain. He’s got the greatest job—he gets to travel the world and eat a lot of exotic food. That’s kind of what I want to do one day. I definitely want to have a television career.

Anthony Bourdain writes all of his own stuff. Do you write?
I don’t, but I have somebody who can write for me.

What was the last meal you made at home?
A Puttanesca sauce. The sauce of a whore. I usually make it once a week.