[Addendum added 5/25/21]
I like to watch all kinds of cooking shows: How-to, competitions, and especially those that give a behind-the-scenes look into the kitchens of various top-tier restaurants. A common trend I have noticed is how many of the younger chef crowd—male and female—have arms covered in tat “sleeves.” I see that and get an impression of a greasy spoon establishment with an ex-Navy cook wearing dirty white pants and stained apron with a white T-shirt wet with sweat and arms with tattoos he got in various ports, no doubt, after nights of serious drinking and debauchery…something akin to the “Mel” character in the old sit-com Alice (I can’t find any pics of Mel with any tats, just hairy arms which I find equally unsavory—and that includes you, Jacque Pépin).
