Chef mom Part-time Sebastopol resident Traci Des Jardins, a 2005 Iron Chef winner, on cooking with your kids
By
Mark Aronoff
Photos by MARK ARONOFF
Published: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 9:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 3:26 a.m.
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San Francisco chef Traci Des Jardins lives in Sebastopol part-time and will be cooking at a local benefit for her son's school on the Mother's Day weekend.
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Not many kids can boast that their mom beat out superstar chef Mario Batali on the Food Network's "Iron Chef" challenge.
But Traci Des Jardins -- chef/owner of Jardiniere in San Francisco and Mijita taqueria in the Ferry Plaza Building -- is not your average, garden-variety mother.
Des Jardins bested Batali -- chef/owner of New York's Babbo and seven other restaurants -- with an array of shrimp dishes that showcased her disciplined French technique and flair for ethnic flavors.
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