Essay: Tell us why we should pick you to join the cook-off between Chicago GSB and Kellogg?

I used to live in France and am addicted to cooking with demi-sel butter. Actually, I am the one who is going to bring the (real home-made) Hummus to the next Epicurean dinner, since I am originally from Lebanon and we are known for colorful, delicious and multi-table stretching mezzes. I have been known to skew kebabs in my spare time, and I woo woman with my sensational Soupe à la fraise Savoyarde dessert. When financial markets are down, I spend my time grinding grilled eggplant to make mouthwaterting Baba-ghannouj. My pancake flipping style is legendary.

On Sunday nights, watching Entourage on HBO-E, I find myself dipping my famous home made Guacamole with my 5-minute-made tortillas -- which I cook in 2 and a half minutes. Sometimes, guests at my place are taken aback as I take out massive amounts of sirloins from my fridge and start to sauté them in sizzling salty butter and shallots, only to season them with anything I can get my hands on - and they actually end up tasting good to my by-then-drunk-on-cheap-red

-wine buddies... Little kids in my building love me for my unmatchable crispy chocolate chip cookies. And on rainy afternoons, the women of my block gather around my smoking baked potatoes soaking in butter. On hot summer days, I have been seen loudly grilling vegetables and sizzling pieces of fresh meat holding a cold bottle of beer on the decks of high rises. Chefs around the globe call me for tips. One time in the South of France, I won a Michelin star and lost it in a Casino betting on Martha Stewart becoming the next Yan Can Cook.. I also can actually cook - and do it for fun and for the love of the game.

Hope we'll be able to crunch out the cereal-loving competition!

Call me,
J.K.