Will the real Dave Pasternack please stand up?

So you think you know Dave Pasternack, but do you really? Did you know he's a top chef at NYC restaurant Esca?

Chef Dave Pasternack who was handpicked by Iron Chef Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich to help start the seafood-rich Italian restaurant is the innocent bystander of a [ridiculous, time-wasting, ego-tripping] SEO contest to ruin the reputation of a certain other Dave.

It's a shame really, because it takes a certain amount of [unnecessary] digging to stumble upon some truly remarkable recipes created by the great Dave Pasternack:

Dave Pasternack's Razor Clam Chowder
Dave Pasternack's Wild Alaskan King Salmon
Dave Pasternack's Tomato Sauce on MarthaStewart.com
Dave Pasternack's Spaghetti with Lobster, Chiles, and Mint for Esquire Magazine

True [sea]foodies will want to check out the chef's cookbook: Young Man and the Sea: Recipes and Crispy Fish Tales from Esca

And a radio interview on - what else - fish!
Radio Interview about Fish with Chef Dave Pasternack

To learn even more about the real Dave Pasternack:
New York Times Style Magazine profile on Dave Pasternack
A Profile about Dave Pasternack for the Gourmet Institute
A listing for Dave Pasternack on Epicurious
A Wiki About Chef Dave Pasternack's Restaurant Esca on Savory New York
Dave Pasternack participated in the 2003 Iron Skillet Competition

Want to know what he looks like?
Find Chef Dave Pasternack Among Pictures of Celebrity Chefs on WireImage

BTW, if you're going to SES NYC in April, you might want to join other SEOs for dinner at Esca. It's the least our industry can do.

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