Wall Street initial reaction to the conference was "extremely positive, " Barron's Tiernan Ray reports.

In October 1985, Newsday photographer Audrey Tiernan, age 30, on assignment in ho Chi Minh City, felt a tug on her pant leg.

As far as hangovers go, Tiernan says, "Most chefs I know are pretty resilient creatures and hold it together on the outside even if they're dying inside."