Intro Eight: Culinary Chronicles, Capers & Canards

The article was Pocketful of Dough, written by Bruce Feiler I would think that when you go to a restaurant in New York City you need to have a reservation if you ever want to eat there. Bruce Feiler walked into a popular restaurant with $20 bill and $50 bill in his left pocket and a $100 bill in his right pocket, seeing if he could get into the restaurant. When I read this I was shocked to see that some of the maitre d’ accepted the money from him. Then, when they gave him a seat he would gladly give them a big tip which they were happy to take. Bruce decided to tackle the hardest task trying to get into Alain Ducasse. Word got around that it could only seat 65 people and that there is a waiting list of 2,700 people. He gave the maitre d’ the $100 dollars and he was called back within 48 hours with a seat. I can’t believe that he was able to just bribe him into giving him a seat. Bruce had just jumped ahead of 2,700 people waiting to get in for only $100.00!! Jessica L.