The book also includes recipes from each of the chefs, as well as impressive, whimsical portraits of the world's kitchen masters. PBS's Lidia Bastianich wore a hat made of garlic and dried pasta. Giorgio Locatelli, an Italian who runs Locanda Locatelli in London, posed with a 600-pound mackerel behind him. "It was quite smelly," Dunea says diplomatically.

Since we knew where to find her (in the interest of full disclosure, Dunea's work has also appeared in American Way), we asked Dunea to tell us more about the making of My Last Supper.

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On the difference between photographing chefs and photographing other celebrities (Dunea has shot Harrison Ford, Michael Stipe, Johnny Depp, Jon Bon Jovi, and Kirsten Dunst, among others): "Chefs are a touch less guarded and are willing to do unusual things. Since their job is more behind-the-scenes than most celebrities, they don't have to be too protective of their image."

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On what she, uh, gained from being around top chefs: "I gained 10 pounds as I went along. Now whenever someone comes over for dinner, I'll make something from the book. We've had Gordon Ramsay's 'Last Supper,' and we had Alain Ducasse's apple slices for dessert the other night."

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On her own "Last Supper": "I would like many different bites to be laid out on a big table. Surrounding the table would be all my favorite people. I could swan around and mingle and taste. There would be some Vacheron cheese and a good English cheddar, many pieces of Thornton's Chocolate Smothered Toffee, Balthazar bread with English butter, a few pieces of sushi, a sparerib or two, some foie gras, some caviar on blini. The list is interminable. It would all be washed down with a beautiful red wine and port."