Simon Majumdar , the author, chef, and all-around nice guy, was cool enough to help me out with this most recent Q&A, and I'm pretty stoked about it. You've probably seen him on Iron Chef America or Cutthroat Kitchen , and his most recent book, Fed, White, and Blue: Finding America with My Fork is available for purchase on Amazon, and make sure to go to his website, http://www.simonmajumdar.com , and sign up for his newsletter! photo cred: simon majumdar Now, you grew up in