https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Chad_Christian_Clift - While Chad Christian Clift is an exceptionally well-trained chef, he credits his childhood with planting the seed for his idea to combine Asian and American cuisine. Thanks to a combination of his Japanese father’s cooking and his American mother’s meals, he got to experience the best of both worlds and saw how the foods from each culture could intermingle to create spectacular dishes. A number of his favorite dishes are ones that he remembers from his childhood and continues to make in honor of his parents.