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Without Dan Barber, would you see roasted kale chips at Trader Joe's?Nancy Silverton's fancy grilled cheese launched a thousand imitators, as did Daniel Boulud's foie gras burger and Roy Choi's fusion tacos.

(The offspring of the latter even made it to the TGI Fridays menu.)."Best New Chefs was about finding a chef doing incredible interpretations of their cuisine," says Dana Cowin, editor in chief of Food & Wine from 1995 to 2016."And doing something on the plate that every other chef is going to copy, or [creating] a pantry that's going to change the culinary world."

When assessing a potential Best New Chef, editors looked for chefs with the singular focus to create something true to themselves — innovative, disruptive, and delicious — identifying their potential impact before the rest of the country caught on..Courtesy of Nobu Restaurants.

Although the chefs didn't set out to make over menus across the country, they see the ripple effect, too.

Suzanne Goin, class of '99, is pleased that people are still ordering kale, brussels sprouts, and roasted cauliflower and sharing them on small plates many years after she introduced the trend at L.A.'s A.O.C.Add goat to bowl, turn to coat meat with marinade.

Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours, up to 8 hours.. Soak chiles in hot water for 30 minutes.Pour softened chiles with soaking liquid into a blender, add the remaining 1 3/4 teaspoons salt and garlic cloves.

Process chiles until smooth, about 3 minutes.. Heat ghee in a large, deep skillet over high.When oil just begins to smoke, add onions and cook, stirring constantly, until onions are golden brown.