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[caption id="attachment_73847" align="alignnone" width="700" ] From left: Jet Tila, cowboy steak from Belcampo Meat Co., Ben Ford.[/caption] We’ve not been shy about our love for the Los Angeles food scene, which we are constantly reminded is one of the most underrated in the world. In the past we’ve dropped lists detailing the city’s top sushi…

Jon Shook runs a pair of highly successful restaurants in Los Angeles with partner Vinny Dotolo — the diametric Animal and Son of a Gun. While Animal does kung pao sweetbreads and oxtail poutine with a wink, nudge and serious cooking chops thank you very much, Gun — with a kitchen busting open these guys…

Over the next few days, we’ll feature the personal stories of several chefs from New York City and around the country to see what they went through on that morning 10 years ago, and how 9/11 has affected them as people and as chefs. Jon Shook is chef and partner at Animal and Son of…