Grads Rocco Dispirito and Alon Shaya share a Taste of America
On a balmy August evening, a bevy of chefs and food enthusiasts gathered in the backyard of the James Beard House, the brownstone in which Beard, beloved cookbook author and champion of American cuisine, lived. Sipping on rum cocktails and chatting breezily, the crowd had gathered to celebrate the kick-off of this year鈥檚 Taste America, a program Beard himself surely would have been proud to take part in.