Toronto chef-extraordinaire Susur Lee continues to make his mark internationally; in an article published in the
New York Times last week wrote Lee related his experiences traveling the world with food. After successful expansion of his restaurant enterprise to New York and a first place finish on America's Iron Chef means Susur Lee is now recognized as much south of the border as he is here.
"Probably the worst experience I ever had with flying was when I was headed from Canada to the United States for an episode of "Iron Chef America." I was going to do battle with the chef Bobby Flay. "
"I like to cook with my own things, so I brought several ingredients with me. The ingredients were packed on ice in my luggage. I also had a letter from the television network, which explained the nature of my travel. I was really excited about the opportunity. And then I got to immigration. Despite my letter, the officials spread all of my ingredients across an inspection table. I had a bag of special corn starch. Corn starch is white and powdery. Of course, it was assumed that it was something illegal. It didn't help matters when the corn starch went flying everywhere when the bag was opened. It passed the illegal substance test, which I don't pretend to understand. But most of it was no longer usable."
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