By Christiane Lauterbach

The spelling of his first name betrays Chef Nicolas Bour’s origins. Even though he grew up in California and Canada and speaks English without an accent, Nic, as his peers call him, is more French than anything else. His father, a Parisian who came to the States to attend college, and his grandparents, born in Alsace and loyal to France during World War II, shaped who he is as a person and a cook.