Life, On the Line.(Brief article)(Book review)

Life, On the Line

Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas

Gotham Books

c/o Penguin Group USA

375 Hudson St., New York NY 10014

9781592406012, $27.50, www.penguin.com

LIFE, ON THE LINE: A CHEF'S STORY OF CHASING GREATNESS, FACING DEATH, AND REDEFINING THE WAY WE EAT tells of a chef who at the age of 32 was at the top of his profession, when his Chicago restaurant was named the #1 in America by Gourmet Magazine. Months later he would learn he had Stage …