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jul 08 Learn More Wolfgang Puck Born


Celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck was born on this day in 1949. The prolific restaurateur, cookbook scribe, and occasional actor is also the official caterer of the Academy Awards. So what's his favorite food? Duck confit with foraged morels and deconstructed Transylvanian fingerling potatoes? A toothsome filet of grouper with locally harvested cream corn and clementine-turmeric foam? Nope. Macarons. That's right: cookies. Chefs: they're just like this.

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