Ice Cream and Chocolate Chip Cookies

Photo by: Sketch Johanson

Look, they're not all gonna be pretty. You gotta understand that some of these ideas don't exactly warrant the 5-star treatment like when I shot Russian Sevruga Caviar with “Crêpe au Moussee de Crème Fraîche” for Gourmet magazine last month. Sometimes it's 2am and you're f-ing starving and you gotta make do.

And that's what this post is. It's man vs. nature. Or, man vs. extreme hunger. That would make a cool show, actually. Take something like Top Chef and throw in a few challenges that involve alligators or killer bees and you got yourself a show. Challenge: make a Maine Lobster with Wild Mushrooms and Rosemary Vapo while hanging upside down by one foot. If you don't complete the dish within 15 minutes, a Kodiak bear will be let out of its cage and your ding ding will be covered in honey. You'll either get the best food ever, or the worst, but you know deep down you're always gonna root against the chef. Coming next fall on FOX, Top Chef Extreme Edition.

Wait, where was I? Oh, yeah, the kitchen with a bag of soft and delicious chocolate chip cookies, a carton of vanilla ice cream and a fork (the spoons were all in the dishwasher). I didn't even bother going into the other room. My mission was right there on the counter. And my mission was a success. Do it.