a lot of controversy surrounding who actually created it. does the film clear that up? yes. tony makes a very strong point about my contribution but actually like all great things, it was team work. it was alice and me and everybody but there was a moment in 1976 when we switched from a little california french south of france bistro and i wrote the menu called the california regional dinner. when i switched all the food from france to using local california ingredients, putting the menu in english, using california wines, and that caught the attention of the national press and then all hell broke loose. i know you were the executive chef at new york city s tavern on the green. why did you leave? i have a fatal attraction for the slim chance and tavern was a very slim chance. i left because the owners