Separated at Birth?

If you’ll recall, Richard Blais was signing the Top Chef Cookbook at Wordsmiths last weekend. That was fresh in my mind when I started reading Tom McCarthy’s Tintin and the Secret of Literature on the bus yesterday morning. Suddenly it hit me – those two were separated at birth. Exhibit A:

Books | Tim | June 19, 2008 7:33 am

By Shaft, June 19, 2008 @ 9:06 am

That is unreal. Let’s wait and see if Richard takes that as a compliment.
By Tim, June 19, 2008 @ 10:05 am

Forget that. He needs to get his agent on the phone with Spielberg to cast him in the lead role of the upcoming Tintin movies.
By Lillian, June 19, 2008 @ 3:58 pm

Ha! That’s perfect. And I often imagine Ferran Adria to look like Professor Calculus.
By Russ, June 20, 2008 @ 8:28 am

i actually suggest tintin get on top of playing Richard in ‘Top Chef: The Movie”, which will be followed, naturally, by Top Chef: The Musical.
By Beth, June 20, 2008 @ 1:44 pm

You’re right! Much better than calling him “Willie Wonka.” How was Mr. Blais? I had planned to attend, but had to make a hospital visit instead.
By Tim, June 20, 2008 @ 2:10 pm

Sorry to hear that, Beth.

I missed it too, actually. Reports are that it was a very cool event though.
By Russ, June 21, 2008 @ 8:35 pm

Beth (and Tim, the loser, who did absolutely NOTHING the weekend of the Wordsmiths anniversary…oh, other than, like, boil a billiontyten lbs of crawfish):

Blais was *astounding*. Originally on an hour schedule, he stayed from his quick-start time of 2:05 until about 3:50, answered any and every question put to him, and seemed genuinely grateful for the hometown hero welcome