Offers an intimate study of fifty of the world's finest chefs, who describe what their final meal would be and offer one recipe from the meal, with contributions from Jacques Pépin, Mario Batali, Jamie Oliver, and Gordon Ramsay.

"Portraits, interviews, and recipes"--Cover. Includes index.

Ferran Adria -- Tom Aikens -- Elena Arzak -- Juan Mari Arzak -- Dan Barber -- Lidia Bastianich -- Rick Bayless -- Michelle Bernstein -- April Bloomfield -- Daniel Boulud -- Anthony Bourdain -- Amit Chowdhury -- Scott Conant -- Gary Danko -- Helene Darroze -- Vimal Dhar -- Alain Ducasse -- Wylie Dufresne -- Tyler Florence -- Suzanne Goin -- Gabrielle Hamilton -- Angela Hartnett -- Fergus Henderson -- Paul Kahan -- Thomas Keller -- Anita Lo -- Giorgio Locatelli -- Chui Lee Luk -- Nobu -- Jamie Oliver -- Jacques Pepin -- Neil Perry -- Martin Picard -- Gordon Ramsey -- Michel Richard -- Eric Ripert -- Marcus Samuelsson -- Guy Savoy -- Lydia Shire -- Nancy Silverton -- Masa Takayama -- Laurent Touronel -- Charlie Trotter -- Jean George Vongerichgten -- Jonathan Waxman.