Chris has long had a good chef de cuisine behind him. The most famous of these is John Besh, now is the tastemaker at Artesia. Right now, most of La Provence's food is cooked by Michel Fouqueteau, who was the chef during the best days of the departed Flagons, some 15 years ago. Keep La Provence in the back of your mind. It's still going strong.
Shipping is a terrible thing to do to vegetables.
Volume Eight, Number Sixty. . . Please read it.