Edacious - Food Talk For Gluttons

There is a shortage of line cooks in this country. Is it because new culinary graduates want to be instant Top Chefs? Are they unwilling to earn their bones on the line, hoping to skip ahead to celebrity status? Or has the explosion of food culture caused the shortage by the very nature of its popularity? Maybe it's as simple as being 22 and not wanting to spend your formative years cooking in a small town when you might make a name for yourself in New York? This week I talk with Chef Ian Boden about this very thing. From his 26-seat, 400 square foot restaurant, The Shack, in the heart of Staunton, Virginia, Chef Boden is creating some of the most tasty, creative food I've had in years. On first glance you'd think such a small space would create more problems than opportunities but Ian sees only freedom. Freedom to be the kind of chef he wants to be and the freedom to create the sorts of dishes he wants to make. And he's able to do it with limited staff only four days a week. Dinner only. The Shack just celeb