"Case in point: In 2002, while studying fiction at Columbia, Regan followed up on a listing in the back of the alt weekly Chicago Reader for a gig at Trio. The restaurant’s chef was 28-year-old Grant Achatz. At the time, Regan writes in her memoir, she wanted 'to be as passionate about writing as Grant was about food.' Trio was Regan’s first exposure to high-end dining, a world that had previously been inaccessible to her, both culturally and economically." - Rachel P. Kreiter
