Rasika Venkatesa, currently in residency at Fulgrances Laundromat in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, discusses her young career and plans for her first restaurant.

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Our top chefs, as you’ve never heard them before. Author Andrew Friedman, one of the nation's chief chroniclers of professional kitchen life, interviews a diverse cross-section of the best and biggest names in the business, bringing his personal relationships and industry knowledge to bear in coaxing personal and professional revelations from his guests.