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This week Todd A. Price takes a look at chef Kristin Essig's career as she approaches the stage "chefs dream about from the moment they enroll in culinary school." Essig is already dazzling numerous critics and fellow chefs alike at newly opened Meauxbar, but once upon a time she was just 17 and making biscuits with Emeril. [NOLA.com]