the book is about a menu at benu and hopefully it can convey the experience of dining at benu.d is the most revealing thing about you, about a culture where you come from, how you live -- they go hand in hand. it is really about finding yourself in your work and understanding that there is meaning in finding yourself in your work. charlie: i'm pleased to have corey lee at this table for the first time. welcome. corey: thank you for having me. charlie: any friend of david chang is a friend of mine. david has said remarkable things about you. what influence has he had on you? corey: he's had a big influence on me. he is someone who really struck out on his own in a very original way. in 2004, i was living three blocks from the original restaurant. he came from the same background a lot of us did -- being line cooks and trying to make it happen in new york city. he just went his own path. he decided to do something that he was really passionate about and created his own style. he broke down all the barriers in fine dining. that happened at a very exciting time for restaurants. cha

the book is about a menu at benu, and hopefully we can convey the experience of dining at benu. food is identity. it's the most revealing thing about you, a about culture where you come from, how you live, what's important to you. they go hand in hand. it's really about finding yourself in your work and understanding that there's meaning in finding yourself in your work. >> rose: pleased to have corey lee at this table for the first time. welcome. >> thank you for having me. >> rose: are you a friend of david chang's or mine? david's said remarkable things about you. what influence did he have on you. >> he had a big influence on me. he struck out on his own in an original and new way. this was 2004. at the time i was living three blocks from the original momofookoo. he came from the same background as a lot of us being fine dining cooks and trying to make it happen in new york city. he went his on path. he decided to do something he was really passionate about and create his own style and really cook for people. and he broke down all the barriers in fine dining and that happene

the protest began early in the day at benu a number of kilometers away from the square.small and the chaotic traffic is small in proportion to the size and no permission for the gathering and police standing by attempting to prevent the crowd from moving further into the traffic. many of these protesters are born in israel, children of those brought to the country in a conversetroversial ethiopian laying claim to heritage three decades ago. most here viewed this video along with hundreds of thousands of others in resent days, the footage of an ethiopian israeli soldier being attacked by a police officer and his colleague in a suburb of tel aviv and led to a demonstration in jerusalem last week that ended in violence and to the events in the course of this day. the crowd which had increased in size appeared to be disbursing peacefully. but then a few hours later it began gathering again in the square, no more restraint from the side of police stun grenades and emphasis on horse back attempting to disburse the crowd. too late to stop the events on this night but in coming