New Orleans to his core, chef Frank Brigtsen preserves the old ways of cooking by teaching

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“Whenever he talks, it’s like you hear a tap-tap on the mic,” said Nick Cook, chef de cuisine at Brigtsen’s. “He’s going to say something you’ll want to remember.”

The rest of the kitchen crew was watching too, nodding as the maxims kept coming.

“Fire creates flavor,” Brigtsen said as flames raced in circles around the edge of a pan of barbecue shrimp.

“We’re chasing flavor, that’s what this is about,” the chef said.

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