Nordic Chef Explores Backyard

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The chef René Redzepi’s restaurant is gaining global attention and acclaim. More Photos »
By FRANK BRUNI
Published: July 6, 2010
LAMMEFJORDEN, Denmark

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Root vegetables are served in a pot whose “soil’’ is made of malt and hazelnut flour. More Photos »

“There’s so much more out there than we realize” that can be eaten, said Mr. Redzepi. More Photos »

WHEN a cook is said to be in the weeds, it usually means he is tangled up in too many orders coming at him too fast.

But on a recent afternoon on the seashore here about an hour’s drive from Copenhagen, the Danish chef René Redzepi was, quite literally, in the weeds. Up to his knees. And what he was doing was snacking. Browsing. Like a rabbit, albeit a rabbit in charge of a restaurant that has set the culinary world abuzz. More