Yesterday, we gave Chef Clayton Chapman of The Grey Plume in Omaha, NE his signed copy of The French Laundry recipe book.  I was so excited to give it to him and he seemed pretty shocked that we followed through with our promise that if we got in to The French Laundry we'd bring him back Thomas Keller's autograph to him.  We did just that.  He signed it to Chef C Clayton "It's all about finesse".   I think I might have been more excited than Chef!  He said he was excited to show it to the rest of his staff and that he was taking this copy home.  His copy is 20 years old and sits on the book shelf at The Grey Plume.