Do you sometimes stop and ask yourself what are the events and people from earlier in your life that really shaped you into who you are today? I was reflecting on this the other day--specifically what caused me to be passionate about food and raising animals that would become good food? The two are not mutually exclusive, although there are many American chefs who are interested in the concept of Farm to Table and restaurants that incorporate food from local, small farmers are increasingly becoming more visible in the restaurant world. To patronize your local, small farms is very en vogue, so to speak, in the food world right now--wonderful news for the small farmer. My infancy in the food world began at Zanzibar, a restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that has now been closed for years, whose chefs and owners had great dreams but perhaps too much real estate to support them. Though Zanzibar, like many restaurants, was the product of many individuals, its main proprietors I knew were R